Benin vs Togo: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Benin
- Togo
How they compare
Benin currently reports 209,313 ha against 109,444 ha in Togo, a difference of 99,869 ha.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.9 times Togo's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Benin has been ahead every year.
Benin ranks 3rd and Togo ranks 4th of 60 countries.
Benin has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Togo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 59,406 ha | 30,000 ha | 29,406 ha | Benin |
| 1970s | 55,197 ha | 41,266 ha | 13,932 ha | Benin |
| 1980s | 80,847 ha | 46,367 ha | 34,479 ha | Benin |
| 1990s | 119,711 ha | 55,420 ha | 64,291 ha | Benin |
| 2000s | 165,066 ha | 58,365 ha | 106,701 ha | Benin |
| 2010s | 208,800 ha | 87,677 ha | 121,123 ha | Benin |
| 2020s | 249,580 ha | 107,452 ha | 142,128 ha | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Benin or Togo?
- Benin, at 209,313 ha against 109,444 ha in Togo as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Benin and Togo?
- 99,869 ha, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Togo?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Togo rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 3rd and Togo ranks 4th of 60 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Yams — 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.