Benin vs Jamaica: Cereal yields

Benin
1.36 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Jamaica
1.34 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Benin rank
151st
Jamaica rank
153rd

Cereal yields over time

  • Benin
  • Jamaica
0.511.52196119922024

How they compare

Benin currently reports 1.36 tonnes per hectare against 1.34 tonnes per hectare in Jamaica, a difference of 0.02 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Jamaica ahead.

Benin ranks 151st and Jamaica ranks 153rd of 185 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 2 and Jamaica in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Jamaica Difference Ahead
1960s 0.54 tonnes per hectare 1.1 tonnes per hectare 0.5649 tonnes per hectare Jamaica
1970s 0.6741 tonnes per hectare 1.56 tonnes per hectare 0.8859 tonnes per hectare Jamaica
1980s 0.7526 tonnes per hectare 1.64 tonnes per hectare 0.8903 tonnes per hectare Jamaica
1990s 0.9948 tonnes per hectare 1.31 tonnes per hectare 0.3192 tonnes per hectare Jamaica
2000s 1.18 tonnes per hectare 1.23 tonnes per hectare 0.0476 tonnes per hectare Jamaica
2010s 1.39 tonnes per hectare 1.19 tonnes per hectare 0.1981 tonnes per hectare Benin
2020s 1.34 tonnes per hectare 1.18 tonnes per hectare 0.1617 tonnes per hectare Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereal yields, Benin or Jamaica?
Benin, at 1.36 tonnes per hectare against 1.34 tonnes per hectare in Jamaica as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereal yields between Benin and Jamaica?
0.02 tonnes per hectare, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Jamaica?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Benin and Jamaica rank globally for cereal yields?
Benin ranks 151st and Jamaica ranks 153rd 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.