Dates — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Dates — Area harvested was 586 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Benin, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dates — area harvested in Benin is 586 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Benin peaked at 600 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 287 ha, in 1991.
That places Benin 28th out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Dates — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 360 ha | — |
| 1986 | 360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 320 ha | -11.1% |
| 1991 | 287 ha | -10.3% |
| 1992 | 295 ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 303 ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 311 ha | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 319 ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 328 ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 336 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 344 ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 352 ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 360 ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 363 ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 371 ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 390 ha | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 387 ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 400 ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 394 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 410 ha | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 415 ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 451 ha | +8.7% |
| 2010 | 472 ha | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 496 ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 600 ha | +21.0% |
| 2013 | 555 ha | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 561 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 589 ha | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 568 ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 578 ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 594 ha | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 580 ha | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 588 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 587 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 585 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 587 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 586 ha | -0.2% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 586 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,918 ha, 31% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Benin's 586 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 745 ha, 79% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 360 ha | 360 ha | 360 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 319.5 ha | 287 ha | 352 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 394.1 ha | 360 ha | 451 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 559.3 ha | 472 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 586.6 ha | 585 ha | 588 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 dates — area harvested in Benin?
- Dates — area harvested in Benin was 586 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 600 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 287 ha in 1991.
- How does Benin rank for dates — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 28th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. 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 Dates — 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.