Rice — Yield in Senegal
Senegal: Rice — Yield was 3,851 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 3,851 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Senegal peaked at 4,142 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 683.4 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Senegal 61st out of 114 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Senegal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,146 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,167 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 1,413 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1964 | 1,279 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1965 | 1,488 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1966 | 1,425 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 1,359 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1968 | 902.5 kg/ha | -33.6% |
| 1969 | 1,520 kg/ha | +68.4% |
| 1970 | 1,028 kg/ha | -32.3% |
| 1971 | 1,293 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1972 | 683.4 kg/ha | -47.1% |
| 1973 | 996.6 kg/ha | +45.8% |
| 1974 | 1,393 kg/ha | +39.7% |
| 1975 | 1,328 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1976 | 1,438 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1977 | 994 kg/ha | -30.9% |
| 1978 | 1,607 kg/ha | +61.7% |
| 1979 | 1,227 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 1980 | 962.5 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1981 | 1,675 kg/ha | +74.0% |
| 1982 | 1,767 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1983 | 2,087 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1984 | 2,055 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 1,881 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1986 | 1,998 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 1,826 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1988 | 1,858 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 2,121 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1990 | 2,482 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1991 | 2,350 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1992 | 2,406 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 2,481 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 2,087 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1995 | 2,250 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 2,016 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1997 | 2,325 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1998 | 2,720 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1999 | 2,800 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 2,345 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2001 | 2,373 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 2,268 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 2,640 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2004 | 2,476 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 2,854 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2006 | 2,240 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 2007 | 2,408 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 3,257 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 2009 | 3,602 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2010 | 4,103 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2011 | 3,717 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2012 | 3,989 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 4,018 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 4,142 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 3,819 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2016 | 3,354 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2017 | 3,306 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 3,728 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2019 | 3,344 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 3,343 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 3,628 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 3,784 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 3,816 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 3,851 kg/ha | +0.9% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 3,851 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,692 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 3,851 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,000 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,300 kg/ha | 902.5 kg/ha | 1,520 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,199 kg/ha | 683.4 kg/ha | 1,607 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,823 kg/ha | 962.5 kg/ha | 2,121 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,392 kg/ha | 2,016 kg/ha | 2,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,646 kg/ha | 2,240 kg/ha | 3,602 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,752 kg/ha | 3,306 kg/ha | 4,142 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,684 kg/ha | 3,343 kg/ha | 3,851 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 rice — yield in Senegal?
- Rice — yield in Senegal was 3,851 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 4,142 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 683.4 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Senegal rank for rice — yield?
- Senegal ranks 61st out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. 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 Rice — 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.