Meat, Total — Production in Benin
Benin: Meat, Total — Production was 128,504 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Total — Production in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, total — production in Benin is 128,504 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.0% on the previous year and up 75.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Benin peaked at 128,504 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19,388 t, in 1961.
That places Benin 120th out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Total — Production in Benin, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,388 t | — |
| 1962 | 19,720 t | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 21,403 t | +8.5% |
| 1964 | 22,343 t | +4.4% |
| 1965 | 23,631 t | +5.8% |
| 1966 | 23,980 t | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 25,182 t | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 25,630 t | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 26,692 t | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 27,099 t | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 27,449 t | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 28,562 t | +4.1% |
| 1973 | 28,932 t | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 30,789 t | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 33,088 t | +7.5% |
| 1976 | 34,722 t | +4.9% |
| 1977 | 35,167 t | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 37,190 t | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 38,738 t | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 41,122 t | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 42,089 t | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 44,952 t | +6.8% |
| 1983 | 50,394 t | +12.1% |
| 1984 | 53,662 t | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 57,886 t | +7.9% |
| 1986 | 50,398 t | -12.9% |
| 1987 | 49,216 t | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 45,430 t | -7.7% |
| 1989 | 42,572 t | -6.3% |
| 1990 | 42,769 t | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 40,406 t | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 41,509 t | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 42,483 t | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 45,417 t | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 43,803 t | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 45,521 t | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 45,050 t | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 46,022 t | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 44,536 t | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 55,361 t | +24.3% |
| 2001 | 52,582 t | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 54,260 t | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 59,603 t | +9.8% |
| 2004 | 58,364 t | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 60,652 t | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 57,867 t | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 60,060 t | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 61,302 t | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 63,081 t | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 64,933 t | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 68,143 t | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 69,685 t | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 71,296 t | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 73,129 t | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 75,147 t | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 76,604 t | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 78,664 t | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 80,122 t | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 89,731 t | +12.0% |
| 2020 | 84,734 t | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 95,844 t | +13.1% |
| 2022 | 104,871 t | +9.4% |
| 2023 | 116,869 t | +11.4% |
| 2024 | 128,504 t | +10.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 128,504 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 302,166 t, 43% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Benin's 128,504 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 147,863 t, 87% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,108 t | 19,388 t | 26,692 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 32,174 t | 27,099 t | 38,738 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 47,772 t | 41,122 t | 57,886 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 43,751 t | 40,406 t | 46,022 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 58,313 t | 52,582 t | 63,081 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 74,745 t | 64,933 t | 89,731 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 106,164 t | 84,734 t | 128,504 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.2998 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.337 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in Benin?
- Meat, total — production in Benin was 128,504 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 128,504 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,388 t in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for meat, total — production?
- Benin ranks 120th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.7%. 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 Meat, Total — 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.