Coffee, green — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Coffee, green — Area harvested was 284 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, coffee, green — area harvested in Benin stood at 284 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — area harvested in Benin peaked at 6,000 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1979.
Benin ranks 59th of 75 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1973 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1974 | 500 ha | -90.0% |
| 1975 | 1,200 ha | +140.0% |
| 1976 | 1,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1977 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 500 ha | -66.7% |
| 1979 | 100 ha | -80.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 ha | +900.0% |
| 1981 | 1,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1982 | 5,000 ha | +233.3% |
| 1983 | 3,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 1984 | 5,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1985 | 3,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1988 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 1990 | 1,000 ha | -66.7% |
| 1991 | 1,071 ha | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 1,131 ha | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 1,500 ha | +32.6% |
| 1994 | 1,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1995 | 925 ha | -7.5% |
| 1996 | 882 ha | -4.6% |
| 1997 | 854 ha | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 815 ha | -4.6% |
| 1999 | 795 ha | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 749 ha | -5.8% |
| 2001 | 750 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 500 ha | -33.3% |
| 2003 | 300 ha | -40.0% |
| 2004 | 440 ha | +46.7% |
| 2005 | 424 ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 312 ha | -26.4% |
| 2007 | 313 ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 373 ha | +19.2% |
| 2009 | 355 ha | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 330 ha | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 340 ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 350 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 355 ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 294 ha | -17.2% |
| 2015 | 253 ha | -13.9% |
| 2016 | 301 ha | +19.0% |
| 2017 | 282 ha | -6.3% |
| 2018 | 279 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 287 ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 283 ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 283 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 284 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 283 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 284 ha | +0.4% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 284 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,466 ha, 3% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Benin's 284 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,778 ha, 4% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coffee, green — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +900.0% | 100 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 1982 | +233.3% | 1,500 ha | 5,000 ha |
| 1975 | +140.0% | 500 ha | 1,200 ha |
| 1974 | -90.0% | 5,000 ha | 500 ha |
| 1979 | -80.0% | 500 ha | 100 ha |
| 1978 | -66.7% | 1,500 ha | 500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,630 ha | 100 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,450 ha | 1,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 997.3 ha | 795 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 451.6 ha | 300 ha | 750 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 307.1 ha | 253 ha | 355 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 283.4 ha | 283 ha | 284 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 coffee, green — area harvested in Benin?
- Coffee, green — area harvested in Benin was 284 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 6,000 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1979.
- How does Benin rank for coffee, green — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 59th out of 75 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.