Which has higher cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, Benin or Italy?

Italy, at 514,000 tonnes against 490,000 tonnes in Benin as of 2023.

What is the difference in cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel between Benin and Italy?

24,000 tonnes, with Italy ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Italy?

62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.

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 Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Benin vs Italy: Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel

Benin

490,000 tonnes

in 2022

Italy

514,000 tonnes

in 2023

Benin rank

40th

Italy rank

38th

Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel over time

Benin
Italy

How they compare

Italy currently reports 514,000 tonnes against 490,000 tonnes in Benin, a difference of 24,000 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Italy ahead.

Benin ranks 40th and Italy ranks 38th of 181 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Benin	Italy	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0 tonnes	227,778 tonnes	227,778 tonnes	Italy
1970s	300 tonnes	340,400 tonnes	340,100 tonnes	Italy
1980s	0 tonnes	324,700 tonnes	324,700 tonnes	Italy
1990s	74,600 tonnes	128,800 tonnes	54,200 tonnes	Italy
2000s	32,000 tonnes	243,700 tonnes	211,700 tonnes	Italy
2010s	433,200 tonnes	465,500 tonnes	32,300 tonnes	Italy
2020s	473,000 tonnes	700,333 tonnes	227,333 tonnes	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, Benin or Italy?: Italy, at 514,000 tonnes against 490,000 tonnes in Benin as of 2023.
What is the difference in cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel between Benin and Italy?: 24,000 tonnes, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Italy?: 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
How do Benin and Italy rank globally for cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel?: Benin ranks 40th and Italy ranks 38th of 181 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 Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 181 places, 9,505 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Quantity of cereal crops allocated to other uses (and not to human food or animal feed), predominantly industrial uses such as biofuel production.