Bananas — Yield in Benin
Benin: Bananas — Yield was 4,824 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Bananas — Yield in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 4,824 kg/ha for bananas — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Benin peaked at 5,370 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 4,625 kg/ha, in 2012.
Benin ranks 104th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Bananas — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,250 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 5,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,000 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1970 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,783 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1972 | 4,783 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,000 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 4,792 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1975 | 4,792 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,000 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,200 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 5,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 5,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,980 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 5,150 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 5,150 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 5,150 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 5,150 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 5,151 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 5,151 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 5,151 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 5,151 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 5,152 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 5,152 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5,152 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5,186 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 5,215 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 5,192 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 5,227 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 5,220 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 5,283 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 5,370 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 5,158 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 5,089 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 5,009 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 4,625 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 4,868 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 4,910 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 4,875 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 4,856 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 4,842 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 4,835 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 4,825 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 4,818 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 4,826 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 4,823 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 4,822 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 4,824 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 4,824 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15,555 kg/ha, 31% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Benin's 4,824 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,536 kg/ha, 38% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,056 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,250 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,915 kg/ha | 4,783 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,160 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,134 kg/ha | 4,980 kg/ha | 5,152 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,216 kg/ha | 5,152 kg/ha | 5,370 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,873 kg/ha | 4,625 kg/ha | 5,089 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,823 kg/ha | 4,818 kg/ha | 4,826 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Benin?
- Bananas — yield in Benin was 4,824 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 5,370 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,625 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Benin rank for bananas — yield?
- Benin ranks 104th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.