Sorghum — Area harvested in Senegal
Senegal: Sorghum — Area harvested was 260,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Senegal is 260,000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.9% on the previous year and up 107.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Senegal peaked at 278,101 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 75,000 ha, in 1983.
That places Senegal 25th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Senegal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 102,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 106,700 ha | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 117,000 ha | +9.7% |
| 1964 | 124,800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 132,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 1966 | 118,000 ha | -10.6% |
| 1967 | 140,900 ha | +19.4% |
| 1968 | 128,600 ha | -8.7% |
| 1969 | 126,600 ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 119,000 ha | -6.0% |
| 1971 | 118,900 ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 114,200 ha | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 133,000 ha | +16.5% |
| 1974 | 140,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 117,500 ha | -16.5% |
| 1976 | 109,200 ha | -7.1% |
| 1977 | 115,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 128,700 ha | +11.9% |
| 1979 | 112,800 ha | -12.4% |
| 1980 | 132,200 ha | +17.2% |
| 1981 | 143,600 ha | +8.6% |
| 1982 | 120,900 ha | -15.8% |
| 1983 | 75,000 ha | -38.0% |
| 1984 | 100,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1985 | 190,000 ha | +90.0% |
| 1986 | 136,959 ha | -27.9% |
| 1987 | 127,816 ha | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 129,880 ha | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 131,461 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 172,860 ha | +31.5% |
| 1991 | 99,636 ha | -42.4% |
| 1992 | 131,398 ha | +31.9% |
| 1993 | 126,360 ha | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 141,947 ha | +12.3% |
| 1995 | 148,414 ha | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 148,646 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 154,476 ha | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 201,756 ha | +30.6% |
| 1999 | 230,196 ha | +14.1% |
| 2000 | 165,394 ha | -28.2% |
| 2001 | 174,724 ha | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 199,757 ha | +14.3% |
| 2003 | 208,363 ha | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 163,130 ha | -21.7% |
| 2005 | 149,173 ha | -8.6% |
| 2006 | 159,063 ha | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 155,919 ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 249,297 ha | +59.9% |
| 2009 | 240,425 ha | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 174,264 ha | -27.5% |
| 2011 | 135,960 ha | -22.0% |
| 2012 | 143,271 ha | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 108,803 ha | -24.1% |
| 2014 | 125,066 ha | +14.9% |
| 2015 | 200,737 ha | +60.5% |
| 2016 | 220,811 ha | +10.0% |
| 2017 | 221,329 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 247,678 ha | +11.9% |
| 2019 | 238,833 ha | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 278,101 ha | +16.4% |
| 2021 | 265,387 ha | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 270,168 ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 276,413 ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 260,000 ha | -5.9% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 260,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 28,421 ha, 9.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 260,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 225,850 ha, 1.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +90.0% | 100,000 ha | 190,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 121,911 ha | 102,600 ha | 140,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 120,910 ha | 109,200 ha | 140,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 128,782 ha | 75,000 ha | 190,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 155,569 ha | 99,636 ha | 230,196 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 186,524 ha | 149,173 ha | 249,297 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 181,675 ha | 108,803 ha | 247,678 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 270,014 ha | 260,000 ha | 278,101 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 sorghum — area harvested in Senegal?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Senegal was 260,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 278,101 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 75,000 ha in 1983.
- How does Senegal rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Senegal ranks 25th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 107.9%. 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 Sorghum — 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.