Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Senegal
Senegal: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0001 ha per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Senegal is 0.0001 ha per person, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and up 87.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Senegal peaked at 0.0019 ha per person in 1968 and was at its lowest, 0 ha per person, in 1993.
That places Senegal 65th out of 99 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Senegal, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0007 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0007 ha per person | -7.6% |
| 1963 | 0.0007 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 0.0003 ha per person | -51.4% |
| 1965 | 0.0003 ha per person | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0005 ha per person | +61.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0007 ha per person | +24.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0019 ha per person | +177.2% |
| 1969 | 0.0008 ha per person | -55.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0003 ha per person | -59.6% |
| 1971 | 0.0007 ha per person | +100.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0002 ha per person | -72.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0005 ha per person | +177.8% |
| 1974 | 0.0008 ha per person | +62.6% |
| 1975 | 0.0005 ha per person | -38.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0005 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0003 ha per person | -47.2% |
| 1978 | 0.0003 ha per person | +14.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0002 ha per person | -22.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0003 ha per person | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0003 ha per person | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0003 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.0003 ha per person | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 0.0003 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0003 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0002 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0001 ha per person | -41.6% |
| 1988 | 0.0001 ha per person | -44.5% |
| 1989 | 0.0001 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0001 ha per person | -19.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0001 ha per person | +6.3% |
| 1992 | 0 ha per person | -27.6% |
| 1993 | 0 ha per person | -48.6% |
| 1994 | 0 ha per person | +83.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0001 ha per person | +31.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0001 ha per person | +8.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0001 ha per person | +58.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0002 ha per person | +108.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0003 ha per person | +40.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0004 ha per person | +25.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0004 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0004 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0001 ha per person | -73.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0001 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0001 ha per person | +18.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0001 ha per person | +8.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0001 ha per person | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0001 ha per person | -8.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0002 ha per person | +36.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0001 ha per person | -28.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0001 ha per person | -33.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0001 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0001 ha per person | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0001 ha per person | -9.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0001 ha per person | +44.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0001 ha per person | +27.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0001 ha per person | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0001 ha per person | +17.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0001 ha per person | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0001 ha per person | +11.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0001 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0001 ha per person | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0001 ha per person | -1.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +177.2% | 0.0007 ha per person | 0.0019 ha per person |
| 1973 | +177.8% | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0007 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0019 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0008 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0001 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Senegal?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Senegal was 0.0001 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0019 ha per person in 1968.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha per person in 1993.
- How does Senegal rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Senegal ranks 65th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 87.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.