Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 6,473 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Benin is 6,473 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Benin peaked at 7,937 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,410 ha, in 1961.
Benin ranks 71st of 156 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,410 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,500 ha | +6.4% |
| 1963 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,221 ha | -11.2% |
| 1991 | 1,415 ha | -36.3% |
| 1992 | 1,478 ha | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 1,544 ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 1,613 ha | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 1,686 ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 1,762 ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 1,842 ha | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 1,926 ha | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 2,014 ha | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 2,107 ha | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 2,205 ha | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 2,308 ha | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 2,418 ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 2,546 ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 2,436 ha | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 2,557 ha | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 2,550 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 2,944 ha | +15.5% |
| 2009 | 3,198 ha | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 3,486 ha | +9.0% |
| 2011 | 3,812 ha | +9.4% |
| 2012 | 5,000 ha | +31.2% |
| 2013 | 6,149 ha | +23.0% |
| 2014 | 7,937 ha | +29.1% |
| 2015 | 5,862 ha | -26.1% |
| 2016 | 6,407 ha | +9.3% |
| 2017 | 6,723 ha | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 6,330 ha | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 6,496 ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 6,516 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 6,448 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 6,487 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 6,484 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 6,473 ha | -0.2% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 6,473 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,641 ha, 56% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Benin's 6,473 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,473 ha, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -36.3% | 2,221 ha | 1,415 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,812 ha | 1,410 ha | 2,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,360 ha | 2,200 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,500 ha | 2,500 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,750 ha | 1,415 ha | 2,221 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,527 ha | 2,107 ha | 3,198 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,820 ha | 3,486 ha | 7,937 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,482 ha | 6,448 ha | 6,516 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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Benin?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Benin was 6,473 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 7,937 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,410 ha in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 71st out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.