Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested was 487,479 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 487,479 ha for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.1% on the previous year and down 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Benin peaked at 693,016 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1961.
Benin ranks 2nd of 32 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,000 ha | +150.0% |
| 1968 | 7,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1969 | 8,500 ha | +21.4% |
| 1970 | 9,148 ha | +7.6% |
| 1971 | 9,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,000 ha | -44.4% |
| 1977 | 7,846 ha | +56.9% |
| 1978 | 10,000 ha | +27.5% |
| 1979 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 20,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1983 | 10,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1984 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 20,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1991 | 28,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1992 | 40,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1993 | 55,000 ha | +37.5% |
| 1994 | 65,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 1995 | 100,000 ha | +53.8% |
| 1996 | 130,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 1997 | 165,000 ha | +26.9% |
| 1998 | 164,977 ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 180,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 185,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 185,299 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 192,729 ha | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 193,986 ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 180,642 ha | -6.9% |
| 2005 | 190,000 ha | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 210,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 2007 | 247,968 ha | +18.1% |
| 2008 | 450,000 ha | +81.5% |
| 2009 | 600,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2010 | 340,459 ha | -43.3% |
| 2011 | 465,675 ha | +36.8% |
| 2012 | 501,497 ha | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 609,762 ha | +21.6% |
| 2014 | 620,980 ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 693,016 ha | +11.6% |
| 2016 | 386,857 ha | -44.2% |
| 2017 | 400,667 ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 335,952 ha | -16.2% |
| 2019 | 361,007 ha | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 361,051 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 374,417 ha | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 514,595 ha | +37.4% |
| 2023 | 446,860 ha | -13.2% |
| 2024 | 487,479 ha | +9.1% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 487,479 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,246 ha, 20.1× the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Benin's 487,479 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 34,475 ha, 14.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Benin changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +150.0% | 2,000 ha | 5,000 ha |
| 1982 | +100.0% | 10,000 ha | 20,000 ha |
| 1990 | +100.0% | 10,000 ha | 20,000 ha |
| 2008 | +81.5% | 247,968 ha | 450,000 ha |
| 1977 | +56.9% | 5,000 ha | 7,846 ha |
| 1983 | -50.0% | 20,000 ha | 10,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,611 ha | 2,000 ha | 8,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,699 ha | 5,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 94,798 ha | 20,000 ha | 180,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 263,562 ha | 180,642 ha | 600,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 471,587 ha | 335,952 ha | 693,016 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 436,880 ha | 361,051 ha | 514,595 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 cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Benin?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Benin was 487,479 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 693,016 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 2nd out of 32 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested. 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.