Watermelons — Yield in Senegal
Senegal: Watermelons — Yield was 14,712 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Yield in Senegal, 1987–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — yield in Senegal stood at 14,712 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and up 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Senegal peaked at 20,000 kg/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 10,285 kg/ha, in 2010.
That places Senegal 96th out of 119 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 38 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Senegal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 14,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1988 | 15,000 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 15,714 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 16,250 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 16,667 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 17,000 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 17,273 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 19,546 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1995 | 16,466 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1996 | 20,000 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1997 | 18,466 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1998 | 13,146 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 1999 | 14,000 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 14,838 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 14,956 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 13,831 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 15,070 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2004 | 11,754 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 2005 | 10,905 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 13,883 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 2007 | 11,885 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2008 | 14,441 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 2009 | 10,870 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 2010 | 10,285 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2011 | 10,666 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 10,984 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 11,164 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 11,368 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 13,720 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 2016 | 13,315 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 14,729 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2018 | 16,754 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2019 | 16,473 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 19,378 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2021 | 18,798 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 16,667 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2023 | 15,048 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2024 | 14,712 kg/ha | -2.2% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 14,712 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 29,115 kg/ha, 51% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 14,712 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 16,469 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14,905 kg/ha | 14,000 kg/ha | 15,714 kg/ha | 3 |
| 1990s | 16,881 kg/ha | 13,146 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,243 kg/ha | 10,870 kg/ha | 15,070 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,946 kg/ha | 10,285 kg/ha | 16,754 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,921 kg/ha | 14,712 kg/ha | 19,378 kg/ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Senegal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.432 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.48 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.1647 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Senegal?
- Watermelons — yield in Senegal was 14,712 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 20,000 kg/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,285 kg/ha in 2010.
- How does Senegal rank for watermelons — yield?
- Senegal ranks 96th out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Watermelons — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.