Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Senegal
Senegal: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 113,238 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 113,238 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 360.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Senegal peaked at 115,055 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 8,705 ha, in 1983.
Senegal ranks 57th of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Senegal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 39,268 ha | — |
| 1962 | 40,800 ha | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 36,900 ha | -9.6% |
| 1964 | 34,700 ha | -6.0% |
| 1965 | 39,525 ha | +13.9% |
| 1966 | 66,798 ha | +69.0% |
| 1967 | 66,697 ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 71,133 ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 43,228 ha | -39.2% |
| 1970 | 41,150 ha | -4.8% |
| 1971 | 34,400 ha | -16.4% |
| 1972 | 42,275 ha | +22.9% |
| 1973 | 31,478 ha | -25.5% |
| 1974 | 38,346 ha | +21.8% |
| 1975 | 40,550 ha | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 28,860 ha | -28.8% |
| 1977 | 21,208 ha | -26.5% |
| 1978 | 19,596 ha | -7.6% |
| 1979 | 9,807 ha | -50.0% |
| 1980 | 9,890 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 9,896 ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 10,872 ha | +9.9% |
| 1983 | 8,705 ha | -19.9% |
| 1984 | 8,899 ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 10,231 ha | +15.0% |
| 1986 | 22,489 ha | +119.8% |
| 1987 | 15,844 ha | -29.5% |
| 1988 | 17,395 ha | +9.8% |
| 1989 | 17,348 ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 21,063 ha | +21.4% |
| 1991 | 11,311 ha | -46.3% |
| 1992 | 22,507 ha | +99.0% |
| 1993 | 16,565 ha | -26.4% |
| 1994 | 31,814 ha | +92.1% |
| 1995 | 18,602 ha | -41.5% |
| 1996 | 14,929 ha | -19.7% |
| 1997 | 21,324 ha | +42.8% |
| 1998 | 15,827 ha | -25.8% |
| 1999 | 23,924 ha | +51.2% |
| 2000 | 31,808 ha | +33.0% |
| 2001 | 32,188 ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 25,601 ha | -20.5% |
| 2003 | 37,606 ha | +46.9% |
| 2004 | 61,130 ha | +62.6% |
| 2005 | 27,536 ha | -55.0% |
| 2006 | 21,338 ha | -22.5% |
| 2007 | 63,248 ha | +196.4% |
| 2008 | 115,055 ha | +81.9% |
| 2009 | 34,668 ha | -69.9% |
| 2010 | 28,056 ha | -19.1% |
| 2011 | 22,790 ha | -18.8% |
| 2012 | 25,204 ha | +10.6% |
| 2013 | 25,553 ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 24,602 ha | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 36,568 ha | +48.6% |
| 2016 | 48,250 ha | +31.9% |
| 2017 | 69,190 ha | +43.4% |
| 2018 | 74,865 ha | +8.2% |
| 2019 | 99,325 ha | +32.7% |
| 2020 | 111,081 ha | +11.8% |
| 2021 | 110,617 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 111,574 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 112,808 ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 113,238 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48,783 ha | 34,700 ha | 71,133 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,767 ha | 9,807 ha | 42,275 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,157 ha | 8,705 ha | 22,489 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,787 ha | 11,311 ha | 31,814 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 45,018 ha | 21,338 ha | 115,055 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,440 ha | 22,790 ha | 99,325 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 111,864 ha | 110,617 ha | 113,238 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 54 Kazakhstan 120,225 ha compare
- 55 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 118,407 ha compare
- 56 South Sudan 117,807 ha compare
- 58 Gabon 111,943 ha compare
- 59 Zimbabwe 105,552 ha compare
- 60 Chad 105,397 ha compare
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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Senegal?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Senegal was 113,238 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 115,055 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,705 ha in 1983.
- How does Senegal rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Senegal ranks 57th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 360.3%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.