Okra — Area harvested in Senegal
Senegal: Okra — Area harvested was 597 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Okra — Area harvested in Senegal, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, okra — area harvested in Senegal stood at 597 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and down 56.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Senegal peaked at 4,689 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 512 ha, in 2016.
That places Senegal 31st out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Okra — Area harvested in Senegal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3,438 ha | — |
| 2001 | 2,392 ha | -30.4% |
| 2002 | 2,521 ha | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 4,617 ha | +83.1% |
| 2004 | 4,689 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 1,945 ha | -58.5% |
| 2006 | 2,533 ha | +30.2% |
| 2007 | 1,005 ha | -60.3% |
| 2008 | 1,842 ha | +83.3% |
| 2009 | 1,853 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 531 ha | -71.3% |
| 2011 | 587 ha | +10.5% |
| 2012 | 978 ha | +66.6% |
| 2013 | 893 ha | -8.7% |
| 2014 | 1,360 ha | +52.3% |
| 2015 | 581 ha | -57.3% |
| 2016 | 512 ha | -11.9% |
| 2017 | 1,143 ha | +123.2% |
| 2018 | 1,235 ha | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 1,009 ha | -18.3% |
| 2020 | 640 ha | -36.6% |
| 2021 | 569 ha | -11.1% |
| 2022 | 587 ha | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 594 ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 597 ha | +0.5% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 597 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,534 ha, 17% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 597 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,326 ha, 18% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,684 ha | 1,005 ha | 4,689 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 882.9 ha | 512 ha | 1,360 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 597.4 ha | 569 ha | 640 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 17.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 17.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — area harvested in Senegal?
- Okra — area harvested in Senegal was 597 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 4,689 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 512 ha in 2016.
- How does Senegal rank for okra — area harvested?
- Senegal ranks 31st out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Okra — 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.