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 34th out of 86 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.
Millet — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,980 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,910 ha | -17.7% |
| 1963 | 20,685 ha | +9.4% |
| 1964 | 18,600 ha | -10.1% |
| 1965 | 16,100 ha | -13.4% |
| 1966 | 16,900 ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 18,220 ha | +7.8% |
| 1968 | 18,620 ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 17,650 ha | -5.2% |
| 1970 | 15,906 ha | -9.9% |
| 1971 | 15,829 ha | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 17,000 ha | +7.4% |
| 1973 | 41,300 ha | +142.9% |
| 1974 | 42,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 13,000 ha | -69.3% |
| 1976 | 9,829 ha | -24.4% |
| 1977 | 11,956 ha | +21.6% |
| 1978 | 13,106 ha | +9.6% |
| 1979 | 13,400 ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 13,200 ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 12,348 ha | -6.5% |
| 1982 | 13,988 ha | +13.3% |
| 1983 | 14,856 ha | +6.2% |
| 1984 | 13,916 ha | -6.3% |
| 1985 | 16,171 ha | +16.2% |
| 1986 | 28,498 ha | +76.2% |
| 1987 | 30,771 ha | +8.0% |
| 1988 | 35,451 ha | +15.2% |
| 1989 | 33,917 ha | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 36,960 ha | +9.0% |
| 1991 | 43,789 ha | +18.5% |
| 1992 | 40,127 ha | -8.4% |
| 1993 | 35,751 ha | -10.9% |
| 1994 | 36,529 ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 29,485 ha | -19.3% |
| 1996 | 34,072 ha | +15.6% |
| 1997 | 35,332 ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 39,345 ha | +11.4% |
| 1999 | 37,958 ha | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 44,259 ha | +16.6% |
| 2001 | 46,211 ha | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 50,905 ha | +10.2% |
| 2003 | 45,361 ha | -10.9% |
| 2004 | 44,762 ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 45,517 ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 43,368 ha | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 37,242 ha | -14.1% |
| 2008 | 44,714 ha | +20.1% |
| 2009 | 34,008 ha | -23.9% |
| 2010 | 31,794 ha | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 28,388 ha | -10.7% |
| 2012 | 34,464 ha | +21.4% |
| 2013 | 27,374 ha | -20.6% |
| 2014 | 27,724 ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 26,670 ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 29,390 ha | +10.2% |
| 2017 | 28,696 ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 28,856 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 29,135 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 23,807 ha | -18.3% |
| 2021 | 23,222 ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 25,654 ha | +10.5% |
| 2023 | 47,732 ha | +86.1% |
| 2024 | 41,528 ha | -13.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 41,528 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 78,708 ha, 53% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Benin's 41,528 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,000 ha, 58% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +142.9% | 17,000 ha | 41,300 ha |
| 2023 | +86.1% | 25,654 ha | 47,732 ha |
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
- 31 Kazakhstan 60,923 ha compare
- 32 South Sudan 50,000 ha compare
- 33 Togo 47,000 ha compare
- 35 Uzbekistan 38,807 ha compare
- 36 Gambia 38,425 ha compare
- 37 Australia 35,998 ha compare
- 37 Australia and New Zealand 35,998 ha 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 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 34th out of 86 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.