Benin vs Ethiopia: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested

Benin
535,579 ha
in 2024
Ethiopia
416,215 ha
in 2024
Benin rank
14th
Ethiopia rank
17th

Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested over time

  • Benin
  • Ethiopia
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How they compare

Benin currently reports 535,579 ha against 416,215 ha in Ethiopia, a difference of 119,364 ha.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.3 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Benin ranks 14th and Ethiopia ranks 17th of 133 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 2 and Ethiopia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Ethiopia Difference Ahead
1990s 295,387 ha 268,767 ha 26,619 ha Benin
2000s 256,593 ha 329,753 ha 73,160 ha Ethiopia
2010s 399,860 ha 418,475 ha 18,614 ha Ethiopia
2020s 575,377 ha 419,446 ha 155,930 ha Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, Benin or Ethiopia?
Benin, at 535,579 ha against 416,215 ha in Ethiopia as of 2024.
What is the difference in fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested between Benin and Ethiopia?
119,364 ha, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Ethiopia?
32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
How do Benin and Ethiopia rank globally for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
Benin ranks 14th and Ethiopia ranks 17th of 133 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
176 places, 9,571 data points, 1961–2024
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.