Potatoes — Area harvested in Senegal
Senegal: Potatoes — Area harvested was 6,082 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 6,082 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 344.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Senegal peaked at 6,506 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 1971.
Senegal ranks 102nd of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Senegal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 500 ha | +66.7% |
| 1964 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 350 ha | -30.0% |
| 1967 | 680 ha | +94.3% |
| 1968 | 700 ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 620 ha | -11.4% |
| 1970 | 650 ha | +4.8% |
| 1971 | 200 ha | -69.2% |
| 1972 | 600 ha | +200.0% |
| 1973 | 350 ha | -41.7% |
| 1974 | 700 ha | +100.0% |
| 1975 | 750 ha | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 760 ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 780 ha | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 600 ha | -23.1% |
| 1979 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 517 ha | -13.8% |
| 1982 | 606 ha | +17.2% |
| 1983 | 700 ha | +15.5% |
| 1984 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 859 ha | +22.7% |
| 1991 | 857 ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 727 ha | -15.2% |
| 1993 | 649 ha | -10.7% |
| 1994 | 550 ha | -15.3% |
| 1995 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1996 | 311 ha | -48.2% |
| 1997 | 400 ha | +28.6% |
| 1998 | 476 ha | +19.0% |
| 1999 | 496 ha | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 731 ha | +47.4% |
| 2001 | 496 ha | -32.1% |
| 2002 | 295 ha | -40.5% |
| 2003 | 486 ha | +64.7% |
| 2004 | 486 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 384 ha | -21.0% |
| 2006 | 524 ha | +36.5% |
| 2007 | 500 ha | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 250 ha | -50.0% |
| 2009 | 750 ha | +200.0% |
| 2010 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 580 ha | -22.7% |
| 2012 | 560 ha | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 895 ha | +59.8% |
| 2014 | 1,368 ha | +52.8% |
| 2015 | 2,383 ha | +74.2% |
| 2016 | 3,065 ha | +28.6% |
| 2017 | 3,022 ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 5,309 ha | +75.7% |
| 2019 | 6,214 ha | +17.0% |
| 2020 | 6,506 ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 6,202 ha | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 5,964 ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 5,975 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 6,082 ha | +1.8% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 6,082 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,053 ha, 25% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 6,082 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,152 ha, 43% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Senegal changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +200.0% | 200 ha | 600 ha |
| 2009 | +200.0% | 250 ha | 750 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 494.44 ha | 300 ha | 700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 599 ha | 200 ha | 780 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 662.3 ha | 517 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 592.5 ha | 311 ha | 859 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 490.2 ha | 250 ha | 750 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,415 ha | 560 ha | 6,214 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,146 ha | 5,964 ha | 6,506 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)
- 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 potatoes — area harvested in Senegal?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Senegal was 6,082 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 6,506 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 1971.
- How does Senegal rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Senegal ranks 102nd out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 344.6%. 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 Potatoes — 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.