Yams — Production in Senegal
Senegal: Yams — Production was 146,536 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Production in Senegal, 2014–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 146,536 t for yams — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 21.6% on the previous year and up 416.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in Senegal peaked at 146,536 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 28,350 t, in 2014.
That places Senegal 18th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Yams — Production in Senegal, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 28,350 t | — |
| 2015 | 35,000 t | +23.5% |
| 2016 | 70,000 t | +100.0% |
| 2017 | 72,000 t | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 70,000 t | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 76,094 t | +8.7% |
| 2020 | 101,699 t | +33.6% |
| 2021 | 96,476 t | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 104,274 t | +8.1% |
| 2023 | 120,502 t | +15.6% |
| 2024 | 146,536 t | +21.6% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 146,536 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 95,797 t, 1.5× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 146,536 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 116,158 t, 1.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 58,574 t | 28,350 t | 76,094 t | 6 |
| 2020s | 113,897 t | 96,476 t | 146,536 t | 5 |
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 — production in Senegal?
- Yams — production in Senegal was 146,536 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 146,536 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,350 t in 2014.
- How does Senegal rank for yams — production?
- Senegal ranks 18th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 416.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — 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.