Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Cow peas, dry — Area harvested was 220,485 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Benin, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cow peas, dry — area harvested in Benin stood at 220,485 ha. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 28.3% on the previous year and up 89.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — area harvested in Benin peaked at 220,485 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 91,369 ha, in 1993.
Benin ranks 10th of 47 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 96,934 ha | — |
| 1992 | 99,221 ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 91,369 ha | -7.9% |
| 1994 | 98,671 ha | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 98,267 ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 96,046 ha | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 104,164 ha | +8.5% |
| 1998 | 113,298 ha | +8.8% |
| 1999 | 112,580 ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 119,111 ha | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 115,908 ha | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 134,681 ha | +16.2% |
| 2003 | 119,460 ha | -11.3% |
| 2004 | 122,560 ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 127,628 ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 118,327 ha | -7.3% |
| 2007 | 169,483 ha | +43.2% |
| 2008 | 122,108 ha | -28.0% |
| 2009 | 106,762 ha | -12.6% |
| 2010 | 128,079 ha | +20.0% |
| 2011 | 98,930 ha | -22.8% |
| 2012 | 111,197 ha | +12.4% |
| 2013 | 120,762 ha | +8.6% |
| 2014 | 116,559 ha | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 120,612 ha | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 121,485 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 130,680 ha | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 160,547 ha | +22.9% |
| 2019 | 143,291 ha | -10.7% |
| 2020 | 144,017 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 144,222 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 147,808 ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 171,865 ha | +16.3% |
| 2024 | 220,485 ha | +28.3% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 220,485 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 96,951 ha, 2.3× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Benin's 220,485 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 191,625 ha, 1.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 101,172 ha | 91,369 ha | 113,298 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 125,603 ha | 106,762 ha | 169,483 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 125,214 ha | 98,930 ha | 160,547 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 165,679 ha | 144,017 ha | 220,485 ha | 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 cow peas, dry — area harvested in Benin?
- Cow peas, dry — area harvested in Benin was 220,485 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 220,485 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 91,369 ha in 1993.
- How does Benin rank for cow peas, dry — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 10th out of 47 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 89.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cow peas, dry — 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.