Benin vs Mali: Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Benin
- Mali
How they compare
Mali currently reports 17,520 kg/ha against 16,021 kg/ha in Benin, a difference of 1,499 kg/ha.
That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 11th and Mali ranks 9th of 67 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 4 and Mali in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,146 kg/ha | 4,089 kg/ha | 5,057 kg/ha | Benin |
| 1970s | 9,943 kg/ha | 4,173 kg/ha | 5,770 kg/ha | Benin |
| 1980s | 9,723 kg/ha | 3,577 kg/ha | 6,146 kg/ha | Benin |
| 1990s | 10,909 kg/ha | 4,807 kg/ha | 6,102 kg/ha | Benin |
| 2000s | 12,123 kg/ha | 18,436 kg/ha | 6,313 kg/ha | Mali |
| 2010s | 14,173 kg/ha | 19,248 kg/ha | 5,074 kg/ha | Mali |
| 2020s | 13,230 kg/ha | 17,202 kg/ha | 3,972 kg/ha | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Benin or Mali?
- Mali, at 17,520 kg/ha against 16,021 kg/ha in Benin as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Benin and Mali?
- 1,499 kg/ha, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Mali?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Mali rank globally for yams — yield?
- Benin ranks 11th and Mali ranks 9th of 67 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Yams — Yield. 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.