Cow peas, dry — Yield in Benin
Benin: Cow peas, dry — Yield was 836.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Benin, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 836.6 kg/ha for cow peas, dry — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 17.1% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — yield in Benin peaked at 960.7 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 569.1 kg/ha, in 1991.
Benin ranks 25th of 47 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 569.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1992 | 627.1 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1993 | 637.1 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 643.1 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 576.5 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1996 | 634.8 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1997 | 708 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1998 | 666 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 659.4 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 718.8 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2001 | 676 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 707.8 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 684.9 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 765.2 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2005 | 819.3 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 742.8 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2007 | 770.8 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 807.2 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 825.7 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 838.3 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 864.2 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 851.2 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 851.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 821.8 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 821.7 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 838.1 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 815 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 875.1 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 924.7 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 937 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 947 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 960.7 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 714.2 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 2024 | 836.6 kg/ha | +17.1% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 836.6 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 719.2 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Benin's 836.6 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 484.2 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 635.68 kg/ha | 569.1 kg/ha | 708 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 751.85 kg/ha | 676 kg/ha | 825.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 850.13 kg/ha | 815 kg/ha | 924.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 879.1 kg/ha | 714.2 kg/ha | 960.7 kg/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 — yield in Benin?
- Cow peas, dry — yield in Benin was 836.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 960.7 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 569.1 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Benin rank for cow peas, dry — yield?
- Benin ranks 25th out of 47 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. 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 — 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.