Potatoes — Yield in Senegal
Senegal: Potatoes — Yield was 24,134 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Senegal is 24,134 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Senegal peaked at 26,786 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 4,667 kg/ha, in 1972.
Senegal ranks 58th of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Senegal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,667 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1963 | 12,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 10,000 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1965 | 10,600 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1966 | 8,571 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1967 | 6,618 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1968 | 7,143 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1969 | 9,032 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1970 | 9,077 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 6,990 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1972 | 4,667 kg/ha | -33.2% |
| 1973 | 5,483 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1974 | 5,429 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 6,000 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1976 | 6,053 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 6,026 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 10,833 kg/ha | +79.8% |
| 1979 | 10,833 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 12,500 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1981 | 16,447 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 1982 | 15,833 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1983 | 14,286 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1984 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 18,571 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1988 | 18,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 18,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 14,552 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1991 | 16,844 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1992 | 16,508 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 15,949 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 15,454 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 21,383 kg/ha | +38.4% |
| 1996 | 20,000 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 18,750 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 16,273 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1999 | 15,746 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 11,163 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 2001 | 15,746 kg/ha | +41.1% |
| 2002 | 25,830 kg/ha | +64.0% |
| 2003 | 12,922 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 2004 | 14,984 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2005 | 13,654 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2006 | 20,038 kg/ha | +46.8% |
| 2007 | 20,000 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 11,300 kg/ha | -43.5% |
| 2009 | 20,000 kg/ha | +77.0% |
| 2010 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 21,552 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 26,786 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 2013 | 22,340 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2014 | 21,691 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 21,920 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 22,020 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 22,329 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 22,376 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 22,529 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 22,746 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 23,158 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 23,558 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 23,848 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 24,134 kg/ha | +1.2% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 24,134 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16,651 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 24,134 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,316 kg/ha, 2.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +79.8% | 6,026 kg/ha | 10,833 kg/ha |
| 2009 | +77.0% | 11,300 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha |
| 2002 | +64.0% | 15,746 kg/ha | 25,830 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,403 kg/ha | 6,618 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,139 kg/ha | 4,667 kg/ha | 10,833 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,764 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha | 18,571 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,146 kg/ha | 14,552 kg/ha | 21,383 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,564 kg/ha | 11,163 kg/ha | 25,830 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,354 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 26,786 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,489 kg/ha | 22,746 kg/ha | 24,134 kg/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 — yield in Senegal?
- Potatoes — yield in Senegal was 24,134 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 26,786 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,667 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Senegal rank for potatoes — yield?
- Senegal ranks 58th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.