Benin vs Northern Europe: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested over time
- Benin
- Northern Europe
How they compare
Benin currently reports 1.54 million ha against 1.17 million ha in Northern Europe, a difference of 361,880 ha.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.3 times Northern Europe's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 29th and Northern Europe ranks 26th of 186 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 1 and Northern Europe in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Northern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 154,465 ha | 131,840 ha | 22,625 ha | Benin |
| 1970s | 165,039 ha | 248,535 ha | 83,496 ha | Northern Europe |
| 1980s | 197,105 ha | 694,876 ha | 497,771 ha | Northern Europe |
| 1990s | 406,582 ha | 957,393 ha | 550,810 ha | Northern Europe |
| 2000s | 474,146 ha | 1.09 million ha | 617,894 ha | Northern Europe |
| 2010s | 775,224 ha | 1.44 million ha | 666,202 ha | Northern Europe |
| 2020s | 1.26 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 10,698 ha | Northern Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested, Benin or Northern Europe?
- Benin, at 1.54 million ha against 1.17 million ha in Northern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested between Benin and Northern Europe?
- 361,880 ha, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Northern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Northern Europe rank globally for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 29th and Northern Europe ranks 26th of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — 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.