Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Benin
Benin: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area was 12,013 ha in 1990. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Benin, 1961–1990
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 1990, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Benin stood at 12,013 ha. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is up 20.1% on the previous year and up 700.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Benin peaked at 12,013 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Benin 17th out of 65 countries with data for 1990, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Area in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 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 | 1,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1981 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1982 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1983 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,789 ha | +11.6% |
| 1985 | 3,633 ha | +30.3% |
| 1986 | 5,615 ha | +54.6% |
| 1987 | 7,000 ha | +24.7% |
| 1988 | 8,500 ha | +21.4% |
| 1989 | 10,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1990 | 12,013 ha | +20.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,604 ha | 1,500 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,013 ha | 12,013 ha | 12,013 ha | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Benin?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area in Benin was 12,013 ha in 1990, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 12,013 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area?
- Benin ranks 17th out of 65 countries with data for 1990.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — area rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 700.9%. 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 Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — 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.