Senegal: Cereal production (metric tons)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Senegal's cereal production (metric tons) fell 2.4% on 2023 (from 4.01 million to 3.91 million).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +9.2% and a typical year strayed about 37.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 125.3% in 2008 and the biggest yearly fall was 47.7% in 1972. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 222,689 a year. A straight line explains 93% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 5.03 million for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 236,280, against 326,771 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2024, Senegal had the 70th highest value of the 177 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Senegal in the 2024 ranking

• Côte d'Ivoire — 66th of 177: 4.17 million
• Algeria — 67th of 177: 4.12 million
• Uruguay — 68th of 177: 4.12 million
• Cameroon — 70th of 177: 3.85 million
• Bolivia — 71st of 177: 3.74 million
• Slovak Republic — 72nd of 177: 3.69 million

What this measures

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 and those used for grazing are excluded.

Limitations: Data on cereal production may be affected by a variety of reporting and timing differences. Millet and sorghum, which are grown as feed for livestock and poultry in Europe and North America, are used as food in Africa, Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. So some cereal crops are excluded from the data for some countries and included elsewhere, depending on their use. The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 64 values

Cereal production (metric tons) in nearby economies

• Angola — 3.5 million (2024)
• Benin — 2.91 million (2024)
• Botswana — 54,554 (2024)
• Burkina Faso — 5.21 million (2024)
• Burundi — 789,542 (2024)
• Cabo Verde — 5 (2024)
• Cameroon — 3.85 million (2024)
• Central African Republic — 282,868 (2024)
• Chad — 2.71 million (2024)
• Comoros — 20,110 (2024)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 4.39 million (2024)

More environment data for Senegal

• Population in largest city — 3.66 million (2025)
• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 34.65% (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 3.66 million (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 19.33% (2025)
• Rural population — 8.37 million (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 44.23% (2025)
• Urban population — 10.56 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 55.77% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 2,074 (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons)

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Questions people ask

What is Senegal's cereal production (metric tons)?

3.91 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1961?

It is up 641.22% from 528,113 in 1961 (3.23% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 4.01 million in 2023 and the lowest 383,900 in 1972.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.PRD.CREL.MT, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL, publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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