Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Senegal
Senegal: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.36 million ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Senegal stood at 1.36 million ha.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 44.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Senegal peaked at 1.40 million ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 609,442 ha, in 2003.
That places Senegal 34th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Senegal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.04 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.02 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 1.10 million ha | +6.9% |
| 1964 | 1.06 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1965 | 1.12 million ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 1.13 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 1.19 million ha | +6.1% |
| 1968 | 1.21 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 989,608 ha | -18.4% |
| 1970 | 1.01 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 1.10 million ha | +8.5% |
| 1972 | 1.12 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 1.09 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 1.21 million ha | +10.5% |
| 1975 | 1.35 million ha | +12.2% |
| 1976 | 1.40 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 1.18 million ha | -16.1% |
| 1978 | 1.24 million ha | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 1.11 million ha | -10.6% |
| 1980 | 1.12 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 1.06 million ha | -4.9% |
| 1982 | 1.20 million ha | +13.4% |
| 1983 | 1.16 million ha | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 933,931 ha | -19.2% |
| 1985 | 659,472 ha | -29.4% |
| 1986 | 849,360 ha | +28.8% |
| 1987 | 890,366 ha | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 957,146 ha | +7.5% |
| 1989 | 822,392 ha | -14.1% |
| 1990 | 974,127 ha | +18.5% |
| 1991 | 928,200 ha | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 1.01 million ha | +9.2% |
| 1993 | 795,338 ha | -21.6% |
| 1994 | 943,416 ha | +18.6% |
| 1995 | 897,875 ha | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 991,146 ha | +10.4% |
| 1997 | 866,827 ha | -12.5% |
| 1998 | 618,660 ha | -28.6% |
| 1999 | 959,034 ha | +55.0% |
| 2000 | 1.13 million ha | +18.3% |
| 2001 | 975,729 ha | -14.0% |
| 2002 | 872,379 ha | -10.6% |
| 2003 | 609,442 ha | -30.1% |
| 2004 | 850,694 ha | +39.6% |
| 2005 | 879,517 ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 701,048 ha | -20.3% |
| 2007 | 681,071 ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 914,045 ha | +34.2% |
| 2009 | 1.12 million ha | +22.3% |
| 2010 | 1.26 million ha | +12.4% |
| 2011 | 922,235 ha | -26.6% |
| 2012 | 777,363 ha | -15.7% |
| 2013 | 985,463 ha | +26.8% |
| 2014 | 941,181 ha | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 1.20 million ha | +27.7% |
| 2016 | 953,956 ha | -20.6% |
| 2017 | 1.32 million ha | +38.5% |
| 2018 | 1.20 million ha | -8.8% |
| 2019 | 1.19 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 1.31 million ha | +10.2% |
| 2021 | 1.30 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 1.31 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 1.35 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 1.36 million ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.10 million ha | 989,608 ha | 1.21 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.18 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 1.40 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 965,086 ha | 659,472 ha | 1.20 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 898,867 ha | 618,660 ha | 1.01 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 873,696 ha | 609,442 ha | 1.13 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.08 million ha | 777,363 ha | 1.32 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.33 million ha | 1.30 million ha | 1.36 million ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Senegal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1708 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 333.94 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 17.08 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 17.08 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Senegal?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Senegal was 1.36 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.40 million ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 609,442 ha in 2003.
- How does Senegal rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Senegal ranks 34th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.