Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Benin
Benin: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production was 221,119 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Benin stood at 221,119 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.6% on the previous year and up 52.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Benin peaked at 225,744 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 24,872 t, in 1964.
Benin ranks 24th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Benin, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,343 t | — |
| 1962 | 27,525 t | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 28,632 t | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 24,872 t | -13.1% |
| 1965 | 33,000 t | +32.7% |
| 1966 | 32,300 t | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 47,500 t | +47.1% |
| 1968 | 49,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 50,100 t | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 47,247 t | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 42,237 t | -10.6% |
| 1972 | 41,772 t | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 60,034 t | +43.7% |
| 1974 | 41,680 t | -30.6% |
| 1975 | 34,650 t | -16.9% |
| 1976 | 61,108 t | +76.4% |
| 1977 | 64,246 t | +5.1% |
| 1978 | 63,727 t | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 66,102 t | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 62,839 t | -4.9% |
| 1981 | 51,800 t | -17.6% |
| 1982 | 35,438 t | -31.6% |
| 1983 | 33,595 t | -5.2% |
| 1984 | 57,505 t | +71.2% |
| 1985 | 66,082 t | +14.9% |
| 1986 | 60,329 t | -8.7% |
| 1987 | 52,595 t | -12.8% |
| 1988 | 71,609 t | +36.2% |
| 1989 | 69,229 t | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 63,931 t | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 74,141 t | +16.0% |
| 1992 | 73,694 t | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 73,822 t | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 77,626 t | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 103,343 t | +33.1% |
| 1996 | 84,787 t | -18.0% |
| 1997 | 102,341 t | +20.7% |
| 1998 | 99,160 t | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 101,943 t | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 121,159 t | +18.8% |
| 2001 | 125,377 t | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 130,008 t | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 143,516 t | +10.4% |
| 2004 | 154,551 t | +7.7% |
| 2005 | 140,329 t | -9.2% |
| 2006 | 112,520 t | -19.8% |
| 2007 | 114,459 t | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 136,796 t | +19.5% |
| 2009 | 129,814 t | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 154,403 t | +18.9% |
| 2011 | 131,790 t | -14.6% |
| 2012 | 129,109 t | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 149,762 t | +16.0% |
| 2014 | 144,731 t | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 134,323 t | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 137,214 t | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 143,005 t | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 225,744 t | +57.9% |
| 2019 | 170,452 t | -24.5% |
| 2020 | 172,641 t | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 177,876 t | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 163,837 t | -7.9% |
| 2023 | 178,954 t | +9.2% |
| 2024 | 221,119 t | +23.6% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 221,119 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 25,362 t, 8.7× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Benin's 221,119 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 94,522 t, 2.3× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,475 t | 24,872 t | 50,100 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 52,280 t | 34,650 t | 66,102 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 56,102 t | 33,595 t | 71,609 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 85,479 t | 63,931 t | 103,343 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 130,853 t | 112,520 t | 154,551 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 152,053 t | 129,109 t | 225,744 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 182,885 t | 163,837 t | 221,119 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 21 Egypt 273,745 t compare
- 21 Caribbean 25,026 t compare
- 22 Angola 248,901 t compare
- 23 Mozambique 242,449 t compare
- 25 Nicaragua 206,868 t compare
- 26 South Sudan 198,420 t compare
- 27 Cabo Verde 0 t compare
- 27 Guinea-Bissau 153,921 t compare
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 — production in Benin?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Benin was 221,119 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — production recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 225,744 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — production recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,872 t in 1964.
- How does Benin rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — production?
- Benin ranks 24th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — production rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.8%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production. 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.