Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Senegal
Senegal: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 2,490 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 2,490 ha for sweet potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 145.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Senegal peaked at 7,895 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 215 ha, in 1993.
Senegal ranks 57th of 113 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.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Senegal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,526 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,400 ha | -5.0% |
| 1963 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,200 ha | -50.0% |
| 1965 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1966 | 2,155 ha | +65.8% |
| 1967 | 2,764 ha | +28.3% |
| 1968 | 7,895 ha | +185.6% |
| 1969 | 3,608 ha | -54.3% |
| 1970 | 1,500 ha | -58.4% |
| 1971 | 3,100 ha | +106.7% |
| 1972 | 886 ha | -71.4% |
| 1973 | 2,536 ha | +186.2% |
| 1974 | 4,246 ha | +67.4% |
| 1975 | 2,700 ha | -36.4% |
| 1976 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 1,515 ha | -45.9% |
| 1978 | 1,780 ha | +17.5% |
| 1979 | 1,421 ha | -20.2% |
| 1980 | 1,500 ha | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 1,650 ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 1,700 ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,022 ha | -39.9% |
| 1988 | 584 ha | -42.9% |
| 1989 | 600 ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1991 | 547 ha | +9.4% |
| 1992 | 407 ha | -25.6% |
| 1993 | 215 ha | -47.2% |
| 1994 | 405 ha | +88.4% |
| 1995 | 545 ha | +34.6% |
| 1996 | 607 ha | +11.4% |
| 1997 | 987 ha | +62.6% |
| 1998 | 2,104 ha | +113.2% |
| 1999 | 3,034 ha | +44.2% |
| 2000 | 3,898 ha | +28.5% |
| 2001 | 3,898 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3,898 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,059 ha | -72.8% |
| 2004 | 1,059 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,112 ha | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 1,350 ha | +21.4% |
| 2007 | 1,500 ha | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 1,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 2,100 ha | +40.0% |
| 2011 | 1,538 ha | -26.8% |
| 2012 | 1,044 ha | -32.1% |
| 2013 | 1,058 ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 1,016 ha | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 951 ha | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 1,418 ha | +49.1% |
| 2017 | 1,865 ha | +31.5% |
| 2018 | 1,809 ha | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 2,177 ha | +20.3% |
| 2020 | 2,139 ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 2,452 ha | +14.6% |
| 2022 | 2,508 ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 2,470 ha | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 2,490 ha | +0.8% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 2,490 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,882 ha, 25% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 2,490 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,960 ha, 9% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +186.2% | 886 ha | 2,536 ha |
| 1968 | +185.6% | 2,764 ha | 7,895 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,916 ha | 1,200 ha | 7,895 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,248 ha | 886 ha | 4,246 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,376 ha | 584 ha | 1,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 935.1 ha | 215 ha | 3,034 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,087 ha | 1,059 ha | 3,898 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,498 ha | 951 ha | 2,177 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,412 ha | 2,139 ha | 2,508 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Senegal?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Senegal was 2,490 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 7,895 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 215 ha in 1993.
- How does Senegal rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Senegal ranks 57th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 145.1%. 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 Sweet potatoes — 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.