Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Benin
Benin: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 415.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 415.6 kg/ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Benin peaked at 625.9 kg/ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 42.2 kg/ha, in 1961.
Benin ranks 96th of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 42.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 63 kg/ha | +49.3% |
| 1963 | 67.2 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 96.9 kg/ha | +44.2% |
| 1965 | 97.9 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 107.1 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1967 | 144.6 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 1968 | 201.6 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 1969 | 263 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 1970 | 327.1 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1971 | 305.7 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1972 | 369.4 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1973 | 285.3 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1974 | 221.3 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1975 | 263.8 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1976 | 292.8 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1977 | 276.2 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1978 | 249.6 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1979 | 297.5 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1980 | 231.9 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1981 | 272.1 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1982 | 401 kg/ha | +47.4% |
| 1983 | 392.3 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 545.8 kg/ha | +39.1% |
| 1985 | 373.9 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 1986 | 452.4 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1987 | 357 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1988 | 389.9 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1989 | 400.6 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 417.3 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 409.7 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 420.4 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 625.9 kg/ha | +48.9% |
| 1994 | 487.9 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1995 | 465.4 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 419.8 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1997 | 352 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1998 | 337.8 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 354.9 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 372.6 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 429.7 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2002 | 429.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 415.6 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 476.6 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2005 | 349.4 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 2006 | 364.7 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 401 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 370.8 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2009 | 386.5 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 349.7 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2011 | 446.1 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 2012 | 250.7 kg/ha | -43.8% |
| 2013 | 310 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 2014 | 329.5 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 307.1 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2016 | 377 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2017 | 394.8 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 370.6 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 373.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 412.7 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2021 | 419.1 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 359.3 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2023 | 411.7 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2024 | 415.6 kg/ha | +0.9% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 415.6 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 550.1 kg/ha, 76% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Benin's 415.6 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 346.4 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 120.39 kg/ha | 42.2 kg/ha | 263 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 288.87 kg/ha | 221.3 kg/ha | 369.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 381.69 kg/ha | 231.9 kg/ha | 545.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 429.11 kg/ha | 337.8 kg/ha | 625.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 399.66 kg/ha | 349.4 kg/ha | 476.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 350.89 kg/ha | 250.7 kg/ha | 446.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 403.68 kg/ha | 359.3 kg/ha | 419.1 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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Benin?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Benin was 415.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 625.9 kg/ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.2 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Benin ranks 96th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.1%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.