Millet — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Millet — Area harvested was 41,528 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 41,528 ha for millet — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.0% on the previous year and up 49.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Benin peaked at 50,905 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 9,829 ha, in 1976.
That places Benin 38th out of 93 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,741 ha | 16,100 ha | 22,980 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,363 ha | 9,829 ha | 42,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,312 ha | 12,348 ha | 35,451 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,935 ha | 29,485 ha | 43,789 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,635 ha | 34,008 ha | 50,905 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,249 ha | 26,670 ha | 34,464 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,389 ha | 23,222 ha | 47,732 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 35 Kazakhstan 60,923 ha compare
- 36 South Sudan 50,000 ha compare
- 37 Togo 47,000 ha compare
- 39 Uzbekistan 38,807 ha compare
- 40 Gambia 38,425 ha compare
- 41 Australia 35,998 ha compare
- 41 Australia and New Zealand 35,998 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- Agriculture share gdp 22.92 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 22.92 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 52.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
- Rural population 46.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 6.91 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 22.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 20,973 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — area harvested in Benin?
- Millet — area harvested in Benin was 41,528 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 50,905 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,829 ha in 1976.
- How does Benin rank for millet — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 38th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.8%. 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 Millet — Area harvested. 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.