Beans, dry — Yield in Benin
Benin: Beans, dry — Yield was 525.9 kg/ha in 1990. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Yield in Benin, 1961–1990
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 525.9 kg/ha for beans, dry — yield in 1990.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — yield in Benin peaked at 536.5 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 227 kg/ha, in 1963.
Benin ranks 127th of 139 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 281.62 kg/ha | 227 kg/ha | 320.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 395.3 kg/ha | 325.2 kg/ha | 473.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 468.53 kg/ha | 387.3 kg/ha | 536.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 525.9 kg/ha | 525.9 kg/ha | 525.9 kg/ha | 1 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 124 Zambia 558.9 kg/ha
- 125 Democratic Republic of the Congo 546.3 kg/ha compare
- 126 Republic of Moldova 534.7 kg/ha
- 128 Mozambique 521 kg/ha
- 129 Angola 520.3 kg/ha compare
- 130 Niger 507.6 kg/ha
More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- Agriculture share gdp 22.92 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 22.92 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 52.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
- Rural population 46.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 6.91 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 22.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 20,973 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beans, dry — yield in Benin?
- Beans, dry — yield in Benin was 525.9 kg/ha in 1990, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 536.5 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 227 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Benin rank for beans, dry — yield?
- Benin ranks 127th out of 139 countries with data for 1990.
- Is beans, dry — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. 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 Beans, dry — Yield. 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.