Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Castor oil seeds — Area harvested was 882 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for castor oil seeds — area harvested in Benin is 882 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — area harvested in Benin peaked at 1,945 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 500 ha, in 1970.
Benin ranks 25th of 44 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Castor oil seeds — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,945 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,940 ha | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 1,600 ha | -17.5% |
| 1964 | 750 ha | -53.1% |
| 1965 | 1,220 ha | +62.7% |
| 1966 | 600 ha | -50.8% |
| 1967 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1971 | 900 ha | +80.0% |
| 1972 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,178 ha | +17.8% |
| 1991 | 1,156 ha | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 1,147 ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 1,139 ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 1,130 ha | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 1,122 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 1,114 ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 1,106 ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 1,098 ha | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 1,090 ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 1,083 ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 1,075 ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 1,068 ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 1,060 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 1,050 ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 1,045 ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 1,036 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 1,050 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 1,009 ha | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 993 ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 977 ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 930 ha | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 950 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 948 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 934 ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 926 ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 919 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 913 ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 906 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 901 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 896 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 892 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 887 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 882 ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,095 ha | 600 ha | 1,945 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 940 ha | 500 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,128 ha | 1,090 ha | 1,178 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,047 ha | 993 ha | 1,083 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 935.3 ha | 906 ha | 977 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 891.6 ha | 882 ha | 901 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 23 Cambodia 1,477 ha compare
- 24 Togo 1,029 ha compare
- 26 Russian Federation 511 ha compare
- 27 Bangladesh 391 ha compare
- 28 Morocco 278 ha compare
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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is castor oil seeds — area harvested in Benin?
- Castor oil seeds — area harvested in Benin was 882 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 1,945 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 ha in 1970.
- How does Benin rank for castor oil seeds — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 25th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Castor oil seeds — 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.