Benin vs South America: Oil palm fruit — Yield
Oil palm fruit — Yield over time
- Benin
- South America
How they compare
Benin currently reports 17,948 kg/ha against 15,034 kg/ha in South America, a difference of 2,914 kg/ha.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.2 times South America's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 4th and South America ranks 2nd of 41 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 4 and South America in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,000 kg/ha | 7,413 kg/ha | 2,587 kg/ha | Benin |
| 1970s | 10,000 kg/ha | 9,677 kg/ha | 322.53 kg/ha | Benin |
| 1980s | 9,549 kg/ha | 12,983 kg/ha | 3,435 kg/ha | South America |
| 1990s | 9,719 kg/ha | 13,045 kg/ha | 3,326 kg/ha | South America |
| 2000s | 13,503 kg/ha | 14,024 kg/ha | 521.19 kg/ha | South America |
| 2010s | 16,776 kg/ha | 14,848 kg/ha | 1,927 kg/ha | Benin |
| 2020s | 17,822 kg/ha | 15,064 kg/ha | 2,758 kg/ha | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — yield, Benin or South America?
- Benin, at 17,948 kg/ha against 15,034 kg/ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — yield between Benin and South America?
- 2,914 kg/ha, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and South America rank globally for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Benin ranks 4th and South America ranks 2nd of 41 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oil palm fruit — Yield. 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.