Rice — Area harvested, per capita in Senegal
Senegal: Rice — Area harvested, per capita was 0.022 ha per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested, per capita in Senegal, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
In 2023, rice — area harvested, per capita in Senegal stood at 0.022 ha per person.
That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 178.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested, per capita in Senegal peaked at 0.0248 ha per person in 1967 and was at its lowest, 0.0048 ha per person, in 1998.
That places Senegal 22nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested, per capita in Senegal, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0211 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0187 ha per person | -11.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0206 ha per person | +10.5% |
| 1964 | 0.023 ha per person | +11.5% |
| 1965 | 0.0213 ha per person | -7.2% |
| 1966 | 0.0222 ha per person | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0248 ha per person | +11.7% |
| 1968 | 0.0154 ha per person | -38.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0237 ha per person | +54.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0197 ha per person | -16.8% |
| 1971 | 0.0182 ha per person | -7.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0113 ha per person | -37.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0132 ha per person | +16.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0167 ha per person | +26.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0168 ha per person | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0151 ha per person | -10.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0116 ha per person | -22.9% |
| 1978 | 0.0164 ha per person | +41.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0138 ha per person | -16.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0115 ha per person | -16.7% |
| 1981 | 0.0126 ha per person | +10.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0109 ha per person | -13.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0082 ha per person | -24.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0102 ha per person | +23.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0117 ha per person | +15.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0104 ha per person | -11.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0105 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0108 ha per person | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0106 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0094 ha per person | -10.6% |
| 1991 | 0.0091 ha per person | -3.7% |
| 1992 | 0.009 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0093 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 0.009 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0078 ha per person | -13.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0081 ha per person | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 0.008 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0048 ha per person | -40.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0134 ha per person | +179.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0087 ha per person | -35.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0085 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0073 ha per person | -15.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0082 ha per person | +12.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0074 ha per person | -9.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0087 ha per person | +17.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0074 ha per person | -15.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0068 ha per person | -7.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0104 ha per person | +52.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0113 ha per person | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0117 ha per person | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0084 ha per person | -27.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0088 ha per person | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0079 ha per person | -10.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0095 ha per person | +20.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0163 ha per person | +70.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0189 ha per person | +16.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0198 ha per person | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0203 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0211 ha per person | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 0.024 ha per person | +13.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0221 ha per person | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0211 ha per person | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 0.022 ha per person | +4.4% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 0.022 ha per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0056 ha per person, 4.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 0.022 ha per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0055 ha per person, 4.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +179.6% | 0.0048 ha per person | 0.0134 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0212 ha per person | 0.0154 ha per person | 0.0248 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0153 ha per person | 0.0113 ha per person | 0.0197 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0107 ha per person | 0.0082 ha per person | 0.0126 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0088 ha per person | 0.0048 ha per person | 0.0134 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0085 ha per person | 0.0068 ha per person | 0.0113 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0143 ha per person | 0.0079 ha per person | 0.0211 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0223 ha per person | 0.0211 ha per person | 0.024 ha per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More climate change data for Senegal
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 52.87 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 14,177 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 4,966 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 9,211 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 18.74 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 328.96 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,197 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 536.47 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 660.78 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 2.02 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested, per capita in Senegal?
- Rice — area harvested, per capita in Senegal was 0.022 ha per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest rice — area harvested, per capita recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0248 ha per person in 1967.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested, per capita recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0048 ha per person in 1998.
- How does Senegal rank for rice — area harvested, per capita?
- Senegal ranks 22nd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 178.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Rice — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Rice — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Rice — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Rice — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Rice — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.