Benin vs Nigeria: Soya beans — Production
Soya beans — Production over time
- Benin
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 1.15 million t against 652,454 t in Benin, a difference of 497,546 t.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.8 times Benin's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.
Benin ranks 15th and Nigeria ranks 12th of 121 countries.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 t | 62,000 t | 62,000 t | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 0 t | 66,300 t | 66,300 t | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 79.8 t | 100,500 t | 100,420 t | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 1,257 t | 264,300 t | 263,043 t | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 14,293 t | 511,859 t | 497,566 t | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 131,683 t | 727,114 t | 595,432 t | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 404,963 t | 1.28 million t | 874,703 t | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soya beans — production, Benin or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 1.15 million t against 652,454 t in Benin as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soya beans — production between Benin and Nigeria?
- 497,546 t, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Nigeria rank globally for soya beans — production?
- Benin ranks 15th and Nigeria ranks 12th of 121 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Soya beans — Production. 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.