Yams — Food in Senegal
Senegal: Yams — Food was 113 1000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Food in Senegal, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 113 1000 t for yams — food in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.3% on the previous year and up 71.2% over five years.
Over the whole period, yams — food in Senegal peaked at 113 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 1000 t, in 2010.
Senegal ranks 14th of 112 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Food in Senegal, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 0 1000 t | — |
| 2012 | 0 1000 t | — |
| 2013 | 0 1000 t | — |
| 2014 | 26 1000 t | — |
| 2015 | 33 1000 t | +26.9% |
| 2016 | 66 1000 t | +100.0% |
| 2017 | 68 1000 t | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 66 1000 t | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 68 1000 t | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 87 1000 t | +27.9% |
| 2021 | 91 1000 t | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 98 1000 t | +7.7% |
| 2023 | 113 1000 t | +15.3% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 113 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4.5 1000 t, 25.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 113 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 17 1000 t, 6.6× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 32.7 1000 t | 0 1000 t | 68 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.25 1000 t | 87 1000 t | 113 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
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 yams — food in Senegal?
- Yams — food in Senegal was 113 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — food recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 113 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest yams — food recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Senegal rank for yams — food?
- Senegal ranks 14th out of 112 countries with data for 2023.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.