Bananas — Production in Benin
Benin: Bananas — Production was 20,973 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Production in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — production in Benin is 20,973 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — production in Benin peaked at 21,178 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 10,000 t, in 1961.
Benin ranks 79th of 142 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Production in Benin, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,500 t | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 10,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 11,000 t | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 11,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 11,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 11,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 11,500 t | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 11,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 11,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 12,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 12,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 12,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 12,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 12,500 t | +4.2% |
| 1981 | 12,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 13,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 13,675 t | +5.2% |
| 1991 | 12,288 t | -10.1% |
| 1992 | 12,439 t | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 12,591 t | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 12,485 t | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 12,966 t | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 13,000 t | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 12,910 t | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 12,916 t | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 12,938 t | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 12,981 t | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 13,042 t | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 13,087 t | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 13,200 t | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 13,500 t | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 13,725 t | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 13,887 t | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 14,000 t | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 14,500 t | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 15,359 t | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 16,194 t | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 17,088 t | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 18,500 t | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 18,963 t | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 19,594 t | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 19,693 t | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 19,998 t | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 20,311 t | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 20,613 t | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 20,908 t | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 21,178 t | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 20,900 t | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 20,995 t | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 21,024 t | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 20,973 t | -0.2% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 20,973 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 183,117 t, 11% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Benin's 20,973 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 138,807 t, 15% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,222 t | 10,000 t | 11,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,550 t | 11,000 t | 12,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,900 t | 12,500 t | 13,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,821 t | 12,288 t | 13,675 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,728 t | 12,981 t | 15,359 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,186 t | 16,194 t | 20,908 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,014 t | 20,900 t | 21,178 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2292 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 380.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6697 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4664 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 22.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 22.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 52.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — production in Benin?
- Bananas — production in Benin was 20,973 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — production recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 21,178 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest bananas — production recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 t in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for bananas — production?
- Benin ranks 79th out of 142 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — production rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.