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Senegal (SEN)

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IndicatorValueRankYear
Prevalence of undernourishment5.1822023
Cereal yield2,1921152024
Agricultural land49.4642023
Food production index177.4912022
Employment in agriculture29.581272025

What each indicator means

Prevalence of undernourishment
Share of the population whose food intake is persistently below the energy needed for a healthy life.
Cereal yield
Cereal harvested per hectare of land — a measure of how productive the land is.
Agricultural land
Share of land area used as cropland, permanent crops or pasture.
Food production index
Output of edible crops and livestock, indexed to a base period of 100.
Employment in agriculture
Share of employment in agriculture, forestry and fishing. It tends to fall as incomes rise.

Where this country stands

For each indicator below, the country's figure is placed against all 210 countries and areas covered by the same source. The median is the middle value once every country is ordered by that indicator.

IndicatorValueRankMedianRanked 1stRanked last
Prevalence of undernourishment5.1 %82 / 1695.3 %Algeria 2.5Haiti 54.2
Cereal yield2,192 kg/ha115 / 1813,310 kg/haOman 29,147Cape Verde 40.3
Agricultural land49.4 %64 / 21037.96 %Côte d’Ivoire 86.48Suriname 0.45
Food production index177.49 index1 / 195106.08 indexSenegal 177.49Gambia 71.08
Employment in agriculture29.58 %127 / 18714.39 %Singapore 0.1Burundi 85.34

Countries ranked next to it: Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Bolivia, Timor-Leste, Kenya, Tonga, Saudi Arabia, Guatemala