Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Senegal
Senegal: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 88,156 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 88,156 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 130.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Senegal peaked at 88,156 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,150 ha, in 1961.
That places Senegal 66th out of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Senegal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,150 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,170 ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 1,180 ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 1,200 ha | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 1,500 ha | +20.0% |
| 1968 | 1,420 ha | -5.3% |
| 1969 | 1,420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,900 ha | +33.8% |
| 1971 | 2,200 ha | +15.8% |
| 1972 | 2,400 ha | +9.1% |
| 1973 | 2,600 ha | +8.3% |
| 1974 | 2,550 ha | -1.9% |
| 1975 | 3,077 ha | +20.7% |
| 1976 | 3,251 ha | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 2,983 ha | -8.2% |
| 1978 | 3,057 ha | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 3,056 ha | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,950 ha | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 2,967 ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 3,401 ha | +14.6% |
| 1983 | 3,256 ha | -4.3% |
| 1984 | 3,390 ha | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 3,450 ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 3,700 ha | +7.2% |
| 1987 | 3,750 ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 4,200 ha | +12.0% |
| 1989 | 4,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 4,379 ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 4,996 ha | +14.1% |
| 1992 | 4,574 ha | -8.4% |
| 1993 | 5,258 ha | +15.0% |
| 1994 | 4,806 ha | -8.6% |
| 1995 | 4,950 ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 6,851 ha | +38.4% |
| 1997 | 9,451 ha | +38.0% |
| 1998 | 12,876 ha | +36.2% |
| 1999 | 15,071 ha | +17.0% |
| 2000 | 24,352 ha | +61.6% |
| 2001 | 21,616 ha | -11.2% |
| 2002 | 27,767 ha | +28.5% |
| 2003 | 22,515 ha | -18.9% |
| 2004 | 28,248 ha | +25.5% |
| 2005 | 21,750 ha | -23.0% |
| 2006 | 26,438 ha | +21.6% |
| 2007 | 31,003 ha | +17.3% |
| 2008 | 25,199 ha | -18.7% |
| 2009 | 30,952 ha | +22.8% |
| 2010 | 36,860 ha | +19.1% |
| 2011 | 29,043 ha | -21.2% |
| 2012 | 21,864 ha | -24.7% |
| 2013 | 26,853 ha | +22.8% |
| 2014 | 38,309 ha | +42.7% |
| 2015 | 52,946 ha | +38.2% |
| 2016 | 62,727 ha | +18.5% |
| 2017 | 72,097 ha | +14.9% |
| 2018 | 78,568 ha | +9.0% |
| 2019 | 82,301 ha | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 83,103 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 85,167 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 82,808 ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 85,542 ha | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 88,156 ha | +3.1% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 88,156 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 59,228 ha, 1.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 88,156 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,543 ha, 1.4× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,277 ha | 1,150 ha | 1,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,707 ha | 1,900 ha | 3,251 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,536 ha | 2,950 ha | 4,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,321 ha | 4,379 ha | 15,071 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,984 ha | 21,616 ha | 31,003 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 50,157 ha | 21,864 ha | 82,301 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 84,955 ha | 82,808 ha | 88,156 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Senegal?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Senegal was 88,156 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 88,156 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,150 ha in 1961.
- How does Senegal rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Senegal ranks 66th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 130.1%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.