Tomatoes — Area harvested in Senegal
Senegal: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 9,251 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tomatoes — area harvested in Senegal stood at 9,251 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.9% on the previous year and up 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Senegal peaked at 9,251 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 350 ha, in 1961.
Senegal ranks 55th of 169 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.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Senegal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 350 ha | — |
| 1962 | 370 ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 380 ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 400 ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1967 | 500 ha | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 450 ha | -10.0% |
| 1969 | 500 ha | +11.1% |
| 1970 | 700 ha | +40.0% |
| 1971 | 1,100 ha | +57.1% |
| 1972 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1973 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 850 ha | -15.0% |
| 1975 | 1,177 ha | +38.5% |
| 1976 | 1,251 ha | +6.3% |
| 1977 | 933 ha | -25.4% |
| 1978 | 957 ha | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 906 ha | -5.3% |
| 1980 | 750 ha | -17.2% |
| 1981 | 707 ha | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 1,121 ha | +58.6% |
| 1983 | 976 ha | -12.9% |
| 1984 | 1,100 ha | +12.7% |
| 1985 | 1,150 ha | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 1,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 1,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 1,300 ha | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 1,515 ha | +8.2% |
| 1991 | 1,700 ha | +12.2% |
| 1992 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 1,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1994 | 1,382 ha | -7.9% |
| 1995 | 1,500 ha | +8.5% |
| 1996 | 1,521 ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 1,500 ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 1,495 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 1,500 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 3,522 ha | +134.8% |
| 2001 | 3,319 ha | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 2,097 ha | -36.8% |
| 2003 | 2,587 ha | +23.4% |
| 2004 | 4,474 ha | +72.9% |
| 2005 | 3,575 ha | -20.1% |
| 2006 | 3,475 ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 6,594 ha | +89.8% |
| 2008 | 2,225 ha | -66.3% |
| 2009 | 5,500 ha | +147.2% |
| 2010 | 6,680 ha | +21.5% |
| 2011 | 6,300 ha | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 5,610 ha | -11.0% |
| 2013 | 6,104 ha | +8.8% |
| 2014 | 7,416 ha | +21.5% |
| 2015 | 6,075 ha | -18.1% |
| 2016 | 4,544 ha | -25.2% |
| 2017 | 4,737 ha | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 6,530 ha | +37.9% |
| 2019 | 7,078 ha | +8.4% |
| 2020 | 6,536 ha | -7.7% |
| 2021 | 7,971 ha | +22.0% |
| 2022 | 8,311 ha | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 8,732 ha | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 9,251 ha | +5.9% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 9,251 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,311 ha, 75% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 9,251 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,251 ha, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +147.2% | 2,225 ha | 5,500 ha |
| 2000 | +134.8% | 1,500 ha | 3,522 ha |
| 2007 | +89.8% | 3,475 ha | 6,594 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 422.22 ha | 350 ha | 500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 987.4 ha | 700 ha | 1,251 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,095 ha | 707 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,541 ha | 1,382 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,737 ha | 2,097 ha | 6,594 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,107 ha | 4,544 ha | 7,416 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,160 ha | 6,536 ha | 9,251 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 tomatoes — area harvested in Senegal?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Senegal was 9,251 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 9,251 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 350 ha in 1961.
- How does Senegal rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Senegal ranks 55th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.7%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.