Rice — Area harvested in Senegal
Senegal: Rice — Area harvested was 410,271 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Area harvested in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Senegal stood at 410,271 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 204.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Senegal peaked at 410,271 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 45,405 ha, in 1998.
Senegal ranks 27th of 133 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rice — Area harvested in Senegal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 72,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 66,000 ha | -9.0% |
| 1963 | 75,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1964 | 86,000 ha | +14.7% |
| 1965 | 82,168 ha | -4.5% |
| 1966 | 87,974 ha | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 101,200 ha | +15.0% |
| 1968 | 64,600 ha | -36.2% |
| 1969 | 102,600 ha | +58.8% |
| 1970 | 88,000 ha | -14.2% |
| 1971 | 83,700 ha | -4.9% |
| 1972 | 53,700 ha | -35.8% |
| 1973 | 64,558 ha | +20.2% |
| 1974 | 84,000 ha | +30.1% |
| 1975 | 87,100 ha | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 80,100 ha | -8.0% |
| 1977 | 63,300 ha | -21.0% |
| 1978 | 91,487 ha | +44.5% |
| 1979 | 78,718 ha | -14.0% |
| 1980 | 67,175 ha | -14.7% |
| 1981 | 75,848 ha | +12.9% |
| 1982 | 67,105 ha | -11.5% |
| 1983 | 52,006 ha | -22.5% |
| 1984 | 66,090 ha | +27.1% |
| 1985 | 78,153 ha | +18.3% |
| 1986 | 71,479 ha | -8.5% |
| 1987 | 74,346 ha | +4.0% |
| 1988 | 78,809 ha | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 79,331 ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 72,957 ha | -8.0% |
| 1991 | 72,264 ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 73,696 ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 77,945 ha | +5.8% |
| 1994 | 77,736 ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 68,966 ha | -11.3% |
| 1996 | 73,811 ha | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 74,698 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 45,405 ha | -39.2% |
| 1999 | 130,000 ha | +186.3% |
| 2000 | 86,252 ha | -33.7% |
| 2001 | 87,230 ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 76,025 ha | -12.8% |
| 2003 | 87,814 ha | +15.5% |
| 2004 | 81,486 ha | -7.2% |
| 2005 | 97,779 ha | +20.0% |
| 2006 | 85,037 ha | -13.0% |
| 2007 | 80,312 ha | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 125,329 ha | +56.1% |
| 2009 | 139,388 ha | +11.2% |
| 2010 | 147,208 ha | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 109,177 ha | -25.8% |
| 2012 | 117,729 ha | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 108,547 ha | -7.8% |
| 2014 | 134,973 ha | +24.3% |
| 2015 | 237,300 ha | +75.8% |
| 2016 | 283,501 ha | +19.5% |
| 2017 | 305,934 ha | +7.9% |
| 2018 | 323,635 ha | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 345,596 ha | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 403,727 ha | +16.8% |
| 2021 | 380,993 ha | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 372,413 ha | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 398,193 ha | +6.9% |
| 2024 | 410,271 ha | +3.0% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 410,271 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 67,206 ha, 6.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 410,271 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 88,500 ha, 4.6× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +186.3% | 45,405 ha | 130,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82,005 ha | 64,600 ha | 102,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 77,466 ha | 53,700 ha | 91,487 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 71,034 ha | 52,006 ha | 79,331 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 76,748 ha | 45,405 ha | 130,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 94,665 ha | 76,025 ha | 139,388 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 211,360 ha | 108,547 ha | 345,596 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 393,119 ha | 372,413 ha | 410,271 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 rice — area harvested in Senegal?
- Rice — area harvested in Senegal was 410,271 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 410,271 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,405 ha in 1998.
- How does Senegal rank for rice — area harvested?
- Senegal ranks 27th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 204.0%. 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 Rice — 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.