Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Benin
Benin: Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) was 0.0082 t per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.0082 t per person for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in 2024.
That represents a change of down 13.4% on the previous year and up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Benin peaked at 0.0102 t per person in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0016 t per person, in 1987.
Benin ranks 24th of 114 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) in Benin, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0031 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0032 t per person | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 0.0032 t per person | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0033 t per person | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 0.0034 t per person | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0034 t per person | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 0.0033 t per person | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0033 t per person | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0033 t per person | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 0.0033 t per person | -2.2% |
| 1971 | 0.0032 t per person | -2.2% |
| 1972 | 0.0031 t per person | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0034 t per person | +7.5% |
| 1974 | 0.0033 t per person | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0035 t per person | +6.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0037 t per person | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0039 t per person | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 0.004 t per person | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0042 t per person | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0042 t per person | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0041 t per person | -2.8% |
| 1982 | 0.0041 t per person | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0042 t per person | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 0.0045 t per person | +7.9% |
| 1985 | 0.0042 t per person | -8.2% |
| 1986 | 0.0027 t per person | -36.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0016 t per person | -41.2% |
| 1988 | 0.002 t per person | +30.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0017 t per person | -14.6% |
| 1990 | 0.0025 t per person | +43.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0021 t per person | -14.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0022 t per person | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0026 t per person | +16.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0031 t per person | +23.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0035 t per person | +10.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0032 t per person | -8.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0036 t per person | +13.1% |
| 1998 | 0.003 t per person | -18.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0078 t per person | +163.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0046 t per person | -40.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0039 t per person | -14.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0048 t per person | +21.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0032 t per person | -33.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0051 t per person | +61.0% |
| 2005 | 0.006 t per person | +17.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0046 t per person | -24.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0051 t per person | +11.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0049 t per person | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0027 t per person | -44.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0046 t per person | +67.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0038 t per person | -16.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0045 t per person | +18.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0051 t per person | +12.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0069 t per person | +35.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0067 t per person | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0075 t per person | +13.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0058 t per person | -23.6% |
| 2018 | 0.004 t per person | -31.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0068 t per person | +72.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0083 t per person | +22.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0102 t per person | +22.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0097 t per person | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0095 t per person | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0082 t per person | -13.4% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.0082 t per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0033 t per person, 2.5× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.0082 t per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0019 t per person, 4.3× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +163.6% | 0.003 t per person | 0.0078 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0033 t per person | 0.0031 t per person | 0.0034 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0035 t per person | 0.0031 t per person | 0.0042 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0033 t per person | 0.0016 t per person | 0.0045 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0034 t per person | 0.0021 t per person | 0.0078 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0045 t per person | 0.0027 t per person | 0.006 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0056 t per person | 0.0038 t per person | 0.0075 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0092 t per person | 0.0082 t per person | 0.0102 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
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 chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Benin?
- Chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) in Benin was 0.0082 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0102 t per person in 2021.
- What is the lowest chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0016 t per person in 1987.
- How does Benin rank for chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.)?
- Benin ranks 24th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chillies and peppers, green (capsicum spp. and pimenta spp.) rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.