Fruit Primary — Yield in Benin
Benin: Fruit Primary — Yield was 11,236 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fruit Primary — Yield in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 11,236 kg/ha for fruit primary — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 29.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Benin peaked at 32,169 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 4,507 kg/ha, in 1985.
Benin ranks 85th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 32,169 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 31,173 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1963 | 30,618 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 30,026 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1965 | 26,243 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1966 | 26,055 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 25,830 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 26,166 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 25,221 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1970 | 25,537 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 25,113 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 25,000 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 25,607 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 25,655 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 25,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 26,154 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 26,036 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 26,418 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 26,756 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 26,723 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 27,099 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 27,568 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 28,355 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 29,492 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 4,507 kg/ha | -84.7% |
| 1986 | 4,540 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 4,569 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 4,804 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 5,120 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 5,146 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 5,247 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 5,240 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 5,291 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 5,336 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 5,497 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 6,899 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1997 | 6,146 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1998 | 5,726 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1999 | 6,698 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2000 | 5,990 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2001 | 6,085 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 7,212 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2003 | 7,044 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 7,418 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 7,772 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 7,878 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 7,951 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 7,837 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 9,215 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2010 | 9,490 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 8,736 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 11,219 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 2013 | 11,856 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 8,660 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 2015 | 7,521 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2016 | 8,592 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2017 | 9,273 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2018 | 9,837 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2019 | 9,461 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 9,663 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 10,223 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 11,148 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 11,246 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 11,236 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 11,236 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,605 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Benin's 11,236 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,972 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Yield in Benin changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | -84.7% | 29,492 kg/ha | 4,507 kg/ha |
| 2014 | -27.0% | 11,856 kg/ha | 8,660 kg/ha |
| 2012 | +28.4% | 8,736 kg/ha | 11,219 kg/ha |
| 1996 | +25.5% | 5,497 kg/ha | 6,899 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,167 kg/ha | 25,221 kg/ha | 32,169 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,794 kg/ha | 25,000 kg/ha | 26,756 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,278 kg/ha | 4,507 kg/ha | 29,492 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,723 kg/ha | 5,146 kg/ha | 6,899 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,440 kg/ha | 5,990 kg/ha | 9,215 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,465 kg/ha | 7,521 kg/ha | 11,856 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,703 kg/ha | 9,663 kg/ha | 11,246 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 fruit primary — yield in Benin?
- Fruit primary — yield in Benin was 11,236 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 32,169 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,507 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Benin rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Benin ranks 85th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fruit Primary — 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.