Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Senegal
Senegal: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 896.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Senegal stood at 896.1 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 6.6% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Senegal peaked at 1,511 kg/ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 350 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Senegal 68th out of 94 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.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Senegal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 920 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 435.3 kg/ha | -52.7% |
| 1963 | 420.2 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1964 | 350 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1965 | 755 kg/ha | +115.7% |
| 1966 | 1,105 kg/ha | +46.4% |
| 1967 | 1,310 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1968 | 1,511 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1969 | 1,103 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 1970 | 869 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1971 | 1,155 kg/ha | +32.9% |
| 1972 | 1,152 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 1,155 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 1,091 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1975 | 818.6 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1976 | 1,031 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1977 | 788.9 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1978 | 699.9 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1979 | 869.3 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1980 | 688.9 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1981 | 1,282 kg/ha | +86.0% |
| 1982 | 1,120 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1983 | 913.3 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1984 | 1,012 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1985 | 719.2 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 1986 | 1,054 kg/ha | +46.6% |
| 1987 | 1,344 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 1988 | 1,004 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 1989 | 1,212 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1990 | 1,032 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1991 | 1,152 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1992 | 1,143 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 1,144 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,097 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 824.8 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 1996 | 763.3 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1997 | 973 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 1998 | 603.9 kg/ha | -37.9% |
| 1999 | 1,086 kg/ha | +79.8% |
| 2000 | 916.7 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2001 | 1,087 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2002 | 1,106 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 1,191 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 910.7 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 2005 | 1,177 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 2006 | 1,189 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 1,046 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2008 | 1,194 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2009 | 971.3 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 2010 | 944.1 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 952.1 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 955.7 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 855.3 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2014 | 806 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 1,060 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 2016 | 1,013 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 923.6 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2018 | 955.5 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 759.6 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 2020 | 1,115 kg/ha | +46.8% |
| 2021 | 1,188 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 900.9 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 2023 | 840.6 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 896.1 kg/ha | +6.6% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 896.1 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,339 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 896.1 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 972 kg/ha, 92% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 878.83 kg/ha | 350 kg/ha | 1,511 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 963.03 kg/ha | 699.9 kg/ha | 1,155 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,035 kg/ha | 688.9 kg/ha | 1,344 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 981.87 kg/ha | 603.9 kg/ha | 1,152 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,079 kg/ha | 910.7 kg/ha | 1,194 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 922.54 kg/ha | 759.6 kg/ha | 1,060 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 988.02 kg/ha | 840.6 kg/ha | 1,188 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 seed cotton, unginned — yield in Senegal?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Senegal was 896.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 1,511 kg/ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 350 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Senegal rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Senegal ranks 68th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.