Dates — Yield in Benin
Benin: Dates — Yield was 2,466 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Dates — Yield in Benin, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 2,466 kg/ha for dates — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Benin peaked at 3,031 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 2,167 kg/ha, in 2012.
Benin ranks 32nd of 37 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Dates — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2,361 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 2,778 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1987 | 2,778 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,778 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,778 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,031 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 2,737 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1992 | 2,741 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 2,746 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 2,750 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 2,754 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 2,759 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 2,763 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 2,767 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 2,772 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 2,776 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 2,832 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 2,834 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,820 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 2,844 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 2,875 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 2,795 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 2,805 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 2,892 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 2,697 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 2,627 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 2,546 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 2,167 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2013 | 2,363 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 2,382 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 2,315 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 2,442 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 2,443 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,421 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 2,520 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 2,446 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 2,462 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 2,476 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 2,461 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 2,466 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 2,466 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,861 kg/ha, 86% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Benin's 2,466 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,054 kg/ha, 81% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,694 kg/ha | 2,361 kg/ha | 2,778 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 2,782 kg/ha | 2,737 kg/ha | 3,031 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,817 kg/ha | 2,697 kg/ha | 2,892 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,423 kg/ha | 2,167 kg/ha | 2,627 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,462 kg/ha | 2,446 kg/ha | 2,476 kg/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 dates — yield in Benin?
- Dates — yield in Benin was 2,466 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 3,031 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,167 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Benin rank for dates — yield?
- Benin ranks 32nd out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. 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 Dates — Yield. 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.