Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 236,816 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Benin is 236,816 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and up 45.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Benin peaked at 242,695 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 57,950 ha, in 1975.
Benin ranks 23rd of 112 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 73,848 ha | — |
| 1962 | 77,722 ha | +5.2% |
| 1963 | 80,454 ha | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 62,703 ha | -22.1% |
| 1965 | 78,591 ha | +25.3% |
| 1966 | 77,900 ha | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 89,100 ha | +14.4% |
| 1968 | 93,700 ha | +5.2% |
| 1969 | 92,700 ha | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 93,828 ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 84,785 ha | -9.6% |
| 1972 | 82,814 ha | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 63,866 ha | -22.9% |
| 1974 | 58,316 ha | -8.7% |
| 1975 | 57,950 ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 77,018 ha | +32.9% |
| 1977 | 77,937 ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 85,520 ha | +9.7% |
| 1979 | 97,143 ha | +13.6% |
| 1980 | 86,980 ha | -10.5% |
| 1981 | 86,610 ha | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 64,735 ha | -25.3% |
| 1983 | 61,997 ha | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 79,616 ha | +28.4% |
| 1985 | 92,368 ha | +16.0% |
| 1986 | 90,702 ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 82,908 ha | -8.6% |
| 1988 | 98,632 ha | +19.0% |
| 1989 | 94,177 ha | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 94,892 ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 101,440 ha | +6.9% |
| 1992 | 94,801 ha | -6.5% |
| 1993 | 98,860 ha | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 101,559 ha | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 128,320 ha | +26.4% |
| 1996 | 108,069 ha | -15.8% |
| 1997 | 120,872 ha | +11.8% |
| 1998 | 122,503 ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 125,414 ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 138,586 ha | +10.5% |
| 2001 | 145,572 ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 152,774 ha | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 154,005 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 160,504 ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 148,494 ha | -7.5% |
| 2006 | 116,901 ha | -21.3% |
| 2007 | 121,326 ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 147,936 ha | +21.9% |
| 2009 | 144,776 ha | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 175,430 ha | +21.2% |
| 2011 | 136,699 ha | -22.1% |
| 2012 | 140,014 ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 162,412 ha | +16.0% |
| 2014 | 163,009 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 158,009 ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 159,414 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 167,819 ha | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 226,130 ha | +34.7% |
| 2019 | 174,628 ha | -22.8% |
| 2020 | 172,783 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 169,351 ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 158,638 ha | -6.3% |
| 2023 | 242,695 ha | +53.0% |
| 2024 | 236,816 ha | -2.4% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 236,816 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40,974 ha, 5.8× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Benin's 236,816 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 2.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +53.0% | 158,638 ha | 242,695 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80,746 ha | 62,703 ha | 93,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 77,918 ha | 57,950 ha | 97,143 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 83,872 ha | 61,997 ha | 98,632 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 109,673 ha | 94,801 ha | 128,320 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 143,087 ha | 116,901 ha | 160,504 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 166,356 ha | 136,699 ha | 226,130 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 196,057 ha | 158,638 ha | 242,695 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Benin?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Benin was 236,816 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 242,695 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 57,950 ha in 1975.
- How does Benin rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 23rd out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.3%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.