Benin vs Guinea-Bissau: Cereal yields

Benin
1.36 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau
1.33 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Benin rank
151st
Guinea-Bissau rank
154th

Cereal yields over time

  • Benin
  • Guinea-Bissau
0.511.52196119922024

How they compare

Benin currently reports 1.36 tonnes per hectare against 1.33 tonnes per hectare in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.03 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Benin ranks 151st and Guinea-Bissau ranks 154th of 185 countries.

Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Guinea-Bissau Difference Ahead
1960s 0.54 tonnes per hectare 0.7764 tonnes per hectare 0.2363 tonnes per hectare Guinea-Bissau
1970s 0.6741 tonnes per hectare 0.6979 tonnes per hectare 0.0238 tonnes per hectare Guinea-Bissau
1980s 0.7526 tonnes per hectare 1.12 tonnes per hectare 0.3656 tonnes per hectare Guinea-Bissau
1990s 0.9948 tonnes per hectare 1.35 tonnes per hectare 0.3528 tonnes per hectare Guinea-Bissau
2000s 1.18 tonnes per hectare 1.26 tonnes per hectare 0.0824 tonnes per hectare Guinea-Bissau
2010s 1.39 tonnes per hectare 1.45 tonnes per hectare 0.0608 tonnes per hectare Guinea-Bissau
2020s 1.34 tonnes per hectare 1.38 tonnes per hectare 0.0426 tonnes per hectare Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereal yields, Benin or Guinea-Bissau?
Benin, at 1.36 tonnes per hectare against 1.33 tonnes per hectare in Guinea-Bissau as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereal yields between Benin and Guinea-Bissau?
0.03 tonnes per hectare, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Guinea-Bissau?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Benin and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for cereal yields?
Benin ranks 151st and Guinea-Bissau ranks 154th of 185 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 Cereal yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cereal yields
Unit
tonnes per hectare
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
186 places, 10,534 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes per hectare.