Coconut oil — Production in Benin
Benin: Coconut oil — Production was 1,209 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Coconut oil — Production in Benin, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, coconut oil — production in Benin stood at 1,209 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.4% on the previous year and down 19.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconut oil — production in Benin peaked at 2,870 t in 1961 and was at its lowest, 382.27 t, in 1970.
Benin ranks 45th of 102 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,804 t | 664.3 t | 2,870 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,342 t | 382.27 t | 1,536 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,536 t | 1,536 t | 1,536 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,983 t | 1,780 t | 2,281 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,652 t | 1,475 t | 1,800 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,675 t | 1,150 t | 2,643 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,193 t | 1,121 t | 1,278 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- 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)
- Rural population 46.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 6.91 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 22.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 20,973 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coconut oil — production in Benin?
- Coconut oil — production in Benin was 1,209 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconut oil — production recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 2,870 t in 1961.
- What is the lowest coconut oil — production recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 382.27 t in 1970.
- How does Benin rank for coconut oil — production?
- Benin ranks 45th out of 102 countries with data for 2023.
- Is coconut oil — production rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.4%. 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 Coconut oil — Production. 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.