Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 42,069 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil palm fruit — area harvested in Benin is 42,069 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Benin peaked at 42,069 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15,000 ha, in 1991.
That places Benin 22nd out of 41 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.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 24,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1986 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 18,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1990 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 15,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1992 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 18,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1996 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 18,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 2002 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 20,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2004 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 24,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 26,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 29,000 ha | +11.5% |
| 2012 | 32,000 ha | +10.3% |
| 2013 | 36,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 2014 | 36,272 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 34,627 ha | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 35,105 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 34,956 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 35,552 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 35,792 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 36,430 ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 39,291 ha | +7.9% |
| 2022 | 40,560 ha | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 41,814 ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 42,069 ha | +0.6% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 42,069 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 41,647 ha, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Benin's 42,069 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 16,800 ha, 2.5× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,400 ha | 18,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,300 ha | 15,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,400 ha | 18,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,530 ha | 26,000 ha | 36,272 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,033 ha | 36,430 ha | 42,069 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 19 Sierra Leone 51,556 ha compare
- 20 China 50,672 ha compare
- 20 China, mainland 50,672 ha compare
- 23 Cambodia 41,647 ha compare
- 24 Nicaragua 29,980 ha compare
- 25 Solomon Islands 28,000 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 oil palm fruit — area harvested in Benin?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Benin was 42,069 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 42,069 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 ha in 1991.
- How does Benin rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 22nd out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.0%. 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 Oil palm fruit — 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.