Benin vs Western Africa: Soya beans — Area harvested
Soya beans — Area harvested over time
- Benin
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 2.37 million ha against 638,098 ha in Benin, a difference of 1.73 million ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 3.7 times Benin's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.
Benin ranks 14th and Western Africa ranks 13th of 107 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 181,167 ha | 181,167 ha | Western Africa |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 216,030 ha | 216,030 ha | Western Africa |
| 1980s | 121.7 ha | 333,573 ha | 333,451 ha | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 1,814 ha | 571,412 ha | 569,598 ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 19,035 ha | 626,550 ha | 607,516 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 126,128 ha | 1.12 million ha | 989,017 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 374,935 ha | 2.06 million ha | 1.69 million ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — area harvested, Benin or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 2.37 million ha against 638,098 ha in Benin as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — area harvested between Benin and Western Africa?
- 1.73 million ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Western Africa rank globally for soya beans — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 14th and Western Africa ranks 13th of 107 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Soya beans — 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.