Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Benin
Benin: Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield was 1,098 kg/ha in 1990. ◆ Volatile
Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Yield in Benin, 1961–1990
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 1990, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Benin stood at 1,098 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 56.9% on the previous year and up 83.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Benin peaked at 1,098 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 100 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Benin 49th out of 64 countries with data for 1990, putting it in the bottom 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 — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 200 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1969 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 300 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1972 | 500 kg/ha | +66.7% |
| 1973 | 800 kg/ha | +60.0% |
| 1974 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 600 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1981 | 500 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1982 | 440 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1983 | 490.4 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1984 | 679.5 kg/ha | +38.6% |
| 1985 | 567.3 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1986 | 625.3 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1987 | 642.9 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 647.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 700 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1990 | 1,098 kg/ha | +56.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 122.22 kg/ha | 100 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 660 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 589.25 kg/ha | 440 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,098 kg/ha | 1,098 kg/ha | 1,098 kg/ha | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Benin?
- Chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield in Benin was 1,098 kg/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 — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 1,098 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield?
- Benin ranks 49th out of 64 countries with data for 1990.
- Is chillies and peppers, dry (capsicum spp., pimenta spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 83.0%. 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 — 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.