Pulses, Total — Yield in Senegal
Senegal: Pulses, Total — Yield was 708.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — yield in Senegal stood at 708.9 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 114.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Senegal peaked at 876 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 64.2 kg/ha, in 2004.
Senegal ranks 141st of 169 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Yield in Senegal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 251.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 271.1 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1963 | 276.1 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 334.6 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1965 | 261.2 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1966 | 213.5 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1967 | 308.7 kg/ha | +44.6% |
| 1968 | 248.2 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1969 | 320.1 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 1970 | 284.6 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1971 | 367.9 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 1972 | 127.2 kg/ha | -65.4% |
| 1973 | 309.9 kg/ha | +143.6% |
| 1974 | 374.9 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1975 | 397.3 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1976 | 196.8 kg/ha | -50.5% |
| 1977 | 207.5 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 364.9 kg/ha | +75.9% |
| 1979 | 339.9 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1980 | 417.6 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1981 | 436.1 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 240.7 kg/ha | -44.8% |
| 1983 | 328.7 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 1984 | 303.1 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1985 | 546.2 kg/ha | +80.2% |
| 1986 | 466.7 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1987 | 401.3 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1988 | 346.6 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1989 | 407.4 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1990 | 273.6 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 1991 | 329.6 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1992 | 229.6 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 1993 | 371.7 kg/ha | +61.9% |
| 1994 | 317.1 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1995 | 429.9 kg/ha | +35.6% |
| 1996 | 233.4 kg/ha | -45.7% |
| 1997 | 376.5 kg/ha | +61.3% |
| 1998 | 329.4 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1999 | 399.9 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2000 | 322.9 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2001 | 349.7 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 97.3 kg/ha | -72.2% |
| 2003 | 238.7 kg/ha | +145.3% |
| 2004 | 64.2 kg/ha | -73.1% |
| 2005 | 418.2 kg/ha | +551.4% |
| 2006 | 273.9 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 2007 | 354.8 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 2008 | 464.6 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 2009 | 401.4 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2010 | 381.1 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 298 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 2012 | 417.8 kg/ha | +40.2% |
| 2013 | 426 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 331.1 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 2015 | 405.6 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 2016 | 508.8 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 2017 | 572.8 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2018 | 580.3 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 594.1 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 876 kg/ha | +47.4% |
| 2021 | 828.1 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 518.2 kg/ha | -37.4% |
| 2023 | 707.7 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 2024 | 708.9 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 708.9 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 827.9 kg/ha, 86% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 708.9 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 715.4 kg/ha, 99% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +551.4% | 64.2 kg/ha | 418.2 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 276.13 kg/ha | 213.5 kg/ha | 334.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 297.09 kg/ha | 127.2 kg/ha | 397.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 389.44 kg/ha | 240.7 kg/ha | 546.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 329.07 kg/ha | 229.6 kg/ha | 429.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 298.57 kg/ha | 64.2 kg/ha | 464.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 451.56 kg/ha | 298 kg/ha | 594.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 727.78 kg/ha | 518.2 kg/ha | 876 kg/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 pulses, total — yield in Senegal?
- Pulses, total — yield in Senegal was 708.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 876 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.2 kg/ha in 2004.
- How does Senegal rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Senegal ranks 141st out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 114.1%. 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 Pulses, Total — Yield. 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.