Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Senegal
Senegal: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 16,263 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — yield in Senegal is 16,263 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.1% on the previous year and up 65.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Senegal peaked at 16,263 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,673 kg/ha, in 1992.
Senegal ranks 96th 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 — Yield in Senegal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,168 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,326 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 4,715 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1964 | 4,842 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 4,085 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1966 | 3,822 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1967 | 3,888 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 3,600 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1969 | 4,595 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1970 | 4,314 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1971 | 4,282 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 3,736 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1973 | 4,479 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1974 | 3,424 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1975 | 2,951 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1976 | 2,689 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1977 | 4,146 kg/ha | +54.2% |
| 1978 | 4,916 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1979 | 3,862 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1980 | 4,146 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1981 | 5,023 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1982 | 4,528 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1983 | 4,031 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1984 | 4,155 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 4,765 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1986 | 4,133 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1987 | 4,523 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1988 | 4,108 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1989 | 4,335 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1990 | 4,019 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1991 | 3,692 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1992 | 2,673 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 1993 | 3,326 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1994 | 2,794 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1995 | 3,878 kg/ha | +38.8% |
| 1996 | 3,123 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1997 | 2,729 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1998 | 5,608 kg/ha | +105.5% |
| 1999 | 5,783 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 5,660 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 5,828 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 6,112 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 5,713 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 7,120 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 2005 | 11,421 kg/ha | +60.4% |
| 2006 | 7,701 kg/ha | -32.6% |
| 2007 | 5,634 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 2008 | 8,376 kg/ha | +48.7% |
| 2009 | 9,823 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2010 | 9,490 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 9,126 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 9,501 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 9,645 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 9,835 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 10,378 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 13,059 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 2017 | 13,100 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 13,641 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 13,383 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 15,177 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2021 | 15,157 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 15,041 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 15,630 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 16,263 kg/ha | +4.1% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 16,263 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13,513 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 16,263 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,054 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +105.5% | 2,729 kg/ha | 5,608 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,227 kg/ha | 3,600 kg/ha | 4,842 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,880 kg/ha | 2,689 kg/ha | 4,916 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,375 kg/ha | 4,031 kg/ha | 5,023 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,762 kg/ha | 2,673 kg/ha | 5,783 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,339 kg/ha | 5,634 kg/ha | 11,421 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,116 kg/ha | 9,126 kg/ha | 13,641 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,454 kg/ha | 15,041 kg/ha | 16,263 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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Senegal?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Senegal was 16,263 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 16,263 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,673 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Senegal rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Senegal ranks 96th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.4%. 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 — 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.