Australia vs Benin: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Benin
How they compare
Benin currently reports 535,579 ha against 473,900 ha in Australia, a difference of 61,679 ha.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Benin ahead.
Australia ranks 14th and Benin ranks 13th of 94 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Benin in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Benin | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,022 ha | 27,749 ha | 7,727 ha | Benin |
| 1970s | 38,720 ha | 37,716 ha | 1,004 ha | Australia |
| 1980s | 145,080 ha | 61,032 ha | 84,048 ha | Australia |
| 1990s | 336,010 ha | 246,908 ha | 89,102 ha | Australia |
| 2000s | 284,990 ha | 256,593 ha | 28,397 ha | Australia |
| 2010s | 401,172 ha | 399,860 ha | 1,311 ha | Australia |
| 2020s | 426,651 ha | 575,377 ha | 148,726 ha | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seed cotton, unginned — area harvested, Australia or Benin?
- Benin, at 535,579 ha against 473,900 ha in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in seed cotton, unginned — area harvested between Australia and Benin?
- 61,679 ha, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Benin?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Benin rank globally for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 14th and Benin ranks 13th of 94 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Seed cotton, unginned — 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.