Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 298,564 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 298,564 ha for cassava, fresh — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.6% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Benin peaked at 388,908 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 70,000 ha, in 1968.
That places Benin 22nd out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 85,772 ha | 70,000 ha | 107,950 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 98,242 ha | 76,800 ha | 115,910 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 99,327 ha | 86,572 ha | 121,710 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 154,575 ha | 117,500 ha | 202,117 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 231,623 ha | 167,100 ha | 265,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 279,449 ha | 209,812 ha | 319,299 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 345,189 ha | 298,564 ha | 388,908 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 19 Madagascar 322,141 ha compare
- 20 China 310,183 ha compare
- 21 China, mainland 309,857 ha compare
- 21 Réunion 15 ha compare
- 23 Lao People's Democratic Republic 295,000 ha compare
- 24 Zambia 267,331 ha compare
- 25 Sierra Leone 262,326 ha compare
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 cassava, fresh — area harvested in Benin?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Benin was 298,564 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 388,908 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 70,000 ha in 1968.
- How does Benin rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 22nd out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. 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 Cassava, fresh — Area harvested. 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.