Sweet potatoes — Production in Senegal
Senegal: Sweet potatoes — Production was 114,742 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production in Senegal stood at 114,742 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 202.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Senegal peaked at 114,742 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,298 t, in 1993.
Senegal ranks 37th 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 — Production in Senegal, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,052 t | — |
| 1962 | 16,000 t | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 15,000 t | -6.2% |
| 1964 | 7,000 t | -53.3% |
| 1965 | 6,250 t | -10.7% |
| 1966 | 10,901 t | +74.4% |
| 1967 | 15,447 t | +41.7% |
| 1968 | 18,800 t | +21.7% |
| 1969 | 16,255 t | -13.5% |
| 1970 | 9,700 t | -40.3% |
| 1971 | 8,400 t | -13.4% |
| 1972 | 5,432 t | -35.3% |
| 1973 | 7,673 t | +41.3% |
| 1974 | 7,448 t | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 5,954 t | -20.1% |
| 1976 | 5,200 t | -12.7% |
| 1977 | 8,120 t | +56.2% |
| 1978 | 8,827 t | +8.7% |
| 1979 | 6,730 t | -23.8% |
| 1980 | 7,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 7,500 t | +7.1% |
| 1982 | 7,600 t | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 7,800 t | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 7,750 t | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 7,800 t | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 7,900 t | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 5,779 t | -26.8% |
| 1988 | 3,568 t | -38.3% |
| 1989 | 3,611 t | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 2,869 t | -20.5% |
| 1991 | 2,800 t | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 2,216 t | -20.9% |
| 1993 | 1,298 t | -41.4% |
| 1994 | 3,474 t | +167.6% |
| 1995 | 3,786 t | +9.0% |
| 1996 | 3,421 t | -9.6% |
| 1997 | 4,123 t | +20.5% |
| 1998 | 15,394 t | +273.4% |
| 1999 | 26,538 t | +72.4% |
| 2000 | 39,016 t | +47.0% |
| 2001 | 41,892 t | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 41,892 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 26,845 t | -35.9% |
| 2004 | 26,485 t | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 27,809 t | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 33,784 t | +21.5% |
| 2007 | 38,000 t | +12.5% |
| 2008 | 40,000 t | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 60,000 t | +50.0% |
| 2010 | 70,000 t | +16.7% |
| 2011 | 40,600 t | -42.0% |
| 2012 | 30,000 t | -26.1% |
| 2013 | 37,000 t | +23.3% |
| 2014 | 37,905 t | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 35,000 t | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 53,060 t | +51.6% |
| 2017 | 71,764 t | +35.3% |
| 2018 | 72,000 t | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 89,397 t | +24.2% |
| 2020 | 89,730 t | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 107,670 t | +20.0% |
| 2022 | 110,600 t | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 111,400 t | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 114,742 t | +3.0% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 114,742 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 106,808 t, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 114,742 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 179,140 t, 64% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +273.4% | 4,123 t | 15,394 t |
| 1994 | +167.6% | 1,298 t | 3,474 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,523 t | 6,250 t | 18,800 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,348 t | 5,200 t | 9,700 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,631 t | 3,568 t | 7,900 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,592 t | 1,298 t | 26,538 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,572 t | 26,485 t | 60,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 53,673 t | 30,000 t | 89,397 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 106,828 t | 89,730 t | 114,742 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 34 Ethiopia PDR 153,600 t compare
- 35 Ghana 142,676 t compare
- 36 Burkina Faso 115,507 t compare
- 38 Benin 112,413 t compare
- 39 Solomon Islands 109,115 t compare
- 40 Argentina 108,309 t 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 sweet potatoes — production in Senegal?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Senegal was 114,742 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 114,742 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,298 t in 1993.
- How does Senegal rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Senegal ranks 37th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 202.7%. 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 — Production. 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.