Benin vs Southern Africa: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested over time
- Benin
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Benin currently reports 236,816 ha against 49,542 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 187,274 ha.
That makes Benin's figure about 4.8 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Benin ranks 23rd and Southern Africa ranks 20th of 112 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 3 and Southern Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80,746 ha | 305,029 ha | 224,283 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 77,918 ha | 293,928 ha | 216,010 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 83,872 ha | 249,363 ha | 165,490 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 109,673 ha | 133,860 ha | 24,187 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 143,087 ha | 77,298 ha | 65,790 ha | Benin |
| 2010s | 166,356 ha | 54,419 ha | 111,937 ha | Benin |
| 2020s | 196,057 ha | 47,369 ha | 148,688 ha | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, Benin or Southern Africa?
- Benin, at 236,816 ha against 49,542 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested between Benin and Southern Africa?
- 187,274 ha, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Southern Africa rank globally for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 23rd and Southern Africa ranks 20th of 112 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.