Coffee, green — Yield in Benin
Benin: Coffee, green — Yield was 194.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Coffee, green — Yield in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, coffee, green — yield in Benin stood at 194.5 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — yield in Benin peaked at 600 kg/ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 102.2 kg/ha, in 1968.
Benin ranks 68th of 74 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Coffee, green — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 418 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 346 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1963 | 200.4 kg/ha | -42.1% |
| 1964 | 213 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1965 | 178.2 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1966 | 208.2 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1967 | 217.2 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 102.2 kg/ha | -52.9% |
| 1969 | 453.6 kg/ha | +343.8% |
| 1970 | 388 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1971 | 445.8 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1972 | 454 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 268.2 kg/ha | -40.9% |
| 1974 | 322 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1975 | 397.5 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1976 | 399.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 406.7 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 370 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1979 | 310 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1980 | 321 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 390 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1982 | 325.8 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1983 | 333.3 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 600 kg/ha | +80.0% |
| 1985 | 233.3 kg/ha | -61.1% |
| 1986 | 366.7 kg/ha | +57.2% |
| 1987 | 380 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 540 kg/ha | +42.1% |
| 1989 | 266.7 kg/ha | -50.6% |
| 1990 | 120 kg/ha | -55.0% |
| 1991 | 168.1 kg/ha | +40.1% |
| 1992 | 176.8 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1993 | 200 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1994 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 188.8 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 187.3 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 188 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 188.8 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 189.6 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 190.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 200 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 194.9 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 194.2 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 192.6 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 191.7 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 188.8 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 189.5 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 181.8 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 191.2 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 194.3 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 197.2 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 194.8 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 192.9 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 195.2 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 194.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 194.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 194.6 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 194.4 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 194.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 194.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 194.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 194.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 194.5 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 579.75 kg/ha, 34% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Benin's 194.5 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 545.8 kg/ha, 36% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coffee, green — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +343.8% | 102.2 kg/ha | 453.6 kg/ha |
| 1984 | +80.0% | 333.3 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha |
| 1985 | -61.1% | 600 kg/ha | 233.3 kg/ha |
| 1986 | +57.2% | 233.3 kg/ha | 366.7 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -55.0% | 266.7 kg/ha | 120 kg/ha |
| 1968 | -52.9% | 217.2 kg/ha | 102.2 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 259.64 kg/ha | 102.2 kg/ha | 453.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 376.15 kg/ha | 268.2 kg/ha | 454 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 375.68 kg/ha | 233.3 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 180.74 kg/ha | 120 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 194.21 kg/ha | 188.8 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 193.06 kg/ha | 181.8 kg/ha | 197.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 194.46 kg/ha | 194.4 kg/ha | 194.5 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 65 El Salvador 242.8 kg/ha compare
- 66 Liberia 237.3 kg/ha compare
- 67 French Polynesia 226.2 kg/ha compare
- 69 Trinidad and Tobago 146.8 kg/ha compare
- 70 Comoros 142.3 kg/ha compare
- 71 New Caledonia 138.2 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Benin?
- Coffee, green — yield in Benin was 194.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 600 kg/ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 102.2 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Benin rank for coffee, green — yield?
- Benin ranks 68th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.