Cassava, fresh — Yield in Benin
Benin: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 14,899 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 14,899 kg/ha for cassava, fresh — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.5% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Benin peaked at 17,377 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 3,784 kg/ha, in 1961.
Benin ranks 32nd of 93 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.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,784 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,902 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 3,929 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 3,889 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 4,082 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 6,044 kg/ha | +48.1% |
| 1967 | 6,000 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 6,071 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 4,632 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 1970 | 4,400 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1971 | 5,576 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1972 | 6,119 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1973 | 6,191 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 5,984 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1975 | 7,315 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1976 | 7,854 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1977 | 7,356 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1978 | 6,515 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1979 | 6,489 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 6,586 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 6,145 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1982 | 6,460 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 6,702 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 6,942 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 6,885 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 7,017 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 6,597 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1988 | 7,427 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1989 | 8,026 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1990 | 7,977 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 8,304 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 8,378 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 8,493 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 8,145 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 7,837 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 8,718 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1997 | 10,326 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1998 | 10,502 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 10,454 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 10,712 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 11,262 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 12,053 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 12,841 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2004 | 13,050 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 12,865 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 12,869 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 13,669 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 11,844 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2009 | 14,716 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 2010 | 12,055 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 2011 | 17,377 kg/ha | +44.1% |
| 2012 | 14,716 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2013 | 14,716 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 13,709 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 12,043 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2016 | 13,062 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 12,910 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 13,603 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 14,173 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 12,015 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2021 | 11,655 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 11,185 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 13,479 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 2024 | 14,899 kg/ha | +10.5% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 14,899 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,977 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Benin's 14,899 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,541 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +48.1% | 4,082 kg/ha | 6,044 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,704 kg/ha | 3,784 kg/ha | 6,071 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,380 kg/ha | 4,400 kg/ha | 7,854 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,879 kg/ha | 6,145 kg/ha | 8,026 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,913 kg/ha | 7,837 kg/ha | 10,502 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,588 kg/ha | 10,712 kg/ha | 14,716 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,836 kg/ha | 12,043 kg/ha | 17,377 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,647 kg/ha | 11,185 kg/ha | 14,899 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 cassava, fresh — yield in Benin?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Benin was 14,899 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 17,377 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,784 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Benin ranks 32nd out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.