Sorghum — Yield in Senegal
Senegal: Sorghum — Yield was 1,712 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Senegal is 1,712 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 29.8% on the previous year and up 109.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Senegal peaked at 1,712 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 522.8 kg/ha, in 1972.
Senegal ranks 51st of 111 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Senegal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 739.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 741.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 761.5 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 794.9 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1965 | 781.1 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1966 | 663.6 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1967 | 860.2 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1968 | 647.7 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1969 | 927.3 kg/ha | +43.2% |
| 1970 | 623.5 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 1971 | 906.6 kg/ha | +45.4% |
| 1972 | 522.8 kg/ha | -42.3% |
| 1973 | 710.5 kg/ha | +35.9% |
| 1974 | 1,045 kg/ha | +47.0% |
| 1975 | 977.9 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1976 | 946 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 675.7 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1978 | 1,155 kg/ha | +70.9% |
| 1979 | 851.1 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1980 | 771.6 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1981 | 1,365 kg/ha | +76.9% |
| 1982 | 895.8 kg/ha | -34.4% |
| 1983 | 866.7 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 900 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 957.9 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1986 | 961.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 869.9 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1988 | 843.6 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 965.1 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1990 | 910.1 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1991 | 783.8 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1992 | 888.4 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1993 | 784.1 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1994 | 867.2 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1995 | 857.9 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 894.8 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 765.8 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1998 | 592.7 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 1999 | 640.5 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2000 | 869.1 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 2001 | 856.5 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 585.4 kg/ha | -31.7% |
| 2003 | 910.8 kg/ha | +55.6% |
| 2004 | 775.4 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2005 | 965.2 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 2006 | 760.7 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2007 | 645.9 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2008 | 1,009 kg/ha | +56.2% |
| 2009 | 935.7 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 933.1 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 638.9 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 2012 | 960.2 kg/ha | +50.3% |
| 2013 | 845.8 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2014 | 818.2 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 939 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2016 | 876.1 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 973.6 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2018 | 1,193 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 2019 | 1,131 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 1,357 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2021 | 1,328 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 1,344 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 1,319 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 1,712 kg/ha | +29.8% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 1,712 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 1,712 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 768.6 kg/ha | 647.7 kg/ha | 927.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 841.34 kg/ha | 522.8 kg/ha | 1,155 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 939.69 kg/ha | 771.6 kg/ha | 1,365 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 798.53 kg/ha | 592.7 kg/ha | 910.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 831.36 kg/ha | 585.4 kg/ha | 1,009 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 930.9 kg/ha | 638.9 kg/ha | 1,193 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,412 kg/ha | 1,319 kg/ha | 1,712 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 48 Thailand 1,852 kg/ha compare
- 49 Kyrgyzstan 1,808 kg/ha compare
- 50 Republic of Korea 1,796 kg/ha compare
- 52 Ecuador 1,706 kg/ha compare
- 53 Cameroon 1,622 kg/ha compare
- 54 El Salvador 1,613 kg/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 sorghum — yield in Senegal?
- Sorghum — yield in Senegal was 1,712 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 1,712 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 522.8 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Senegal rank for sorghum — yield?
- Senegal ranks 51st out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 109.2%. 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 Sorghum — 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.