Benin vs Cote d'Ivoire: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade
Benin
18.5%
in 2023
Cote d'Ivoire
22.0%
in 2023
Benin rank
6th
Cote d'Ivoire rank
4th
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade over time
- Benin
- Cote d'Ivoire
How they compare
Cote d'Ivoire currently reports 22.0% against 18.5% in Benin, a difference of 3.5%.
That makes Cote d'Ivoire's figure about 1.2 times Benin's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 6th and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 4th of 225 countries.
Benin has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Cote d'Ivoire | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 23.2% | 4.8% | 18.4% | Benin |
| 1980s | 14.5% | 7.6% | 7.0% | Benin |
| 1990s | 21.3% | 7.2% | 14.1% | Benin |
| 2000s | 34.3% | 4.6% | 29.7% | Benin |
| 2010s | 16.5% | 16.0% | 0.5% | Benin |
| 2020s | 25.6% | 24.3% | 1.3% | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade, Benin or Cote d'Ivoire?
- Cote d'Ivoire, at 22.0% against 18.5% in Benin as of 2023.
- What is the difference in is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade between Benin and Cote d'Ivoire?
- 3.5%, with Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Cote d'Ivoire?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2023.
- How do Benin and Cote d'Ivoire rank globally for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Benin ranks 6th and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 4th of 225 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage change in surface area devoted to agriculture with respect to 10 years before. Negative values imply that surface area has decreased with respect to the previous decade. This data is used to assess which countries may have already peaked in their agricultural land use.