Oil palm fruit — Yield in Benin
Benin: Oil palm fruit — Yield was 17,948 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 17,948 kg/ha for oil palm fruit — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — yield in Benin peaked at 17,948 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,333 kg/ha, in 1986.
That places Benin 4th out of 41 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 11,042 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1986 | 8,333 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 1987 | 8,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 8,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 9,444 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1990 | 9,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 8,667 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1992 | 8,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 8,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 8,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 10,000 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1996 | 10,556 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 10,526 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 11,000 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 11,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 10,476 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 12,778 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2002 | 13,333 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 13,500 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 12,857 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 13,182 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 13,636 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 13,913 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 13,750 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 17,600 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 2010 | 17,692 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 15,862 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2012 | 16,562 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 15,556 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 16,154 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 17,390 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 16,599 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 16,938 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 17,300 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 17,702 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 17,842 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 17,816 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 17,686 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 17,817 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 17,948 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 17,948 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,915 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Benin's 17,948 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,984 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oil palm fruit — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +28.0% | 13,750 kg/ha | 17,600 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,549 kg/ha | 8,333 kg/ha | 11,042 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,719 kg/ha | 8,667 kg/ha | 11,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,503 kg/ha | 10,476 kg/ha | 17,600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,776 kg/ha | 15,556 kg/ha | 17,702 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,822 kg/ha | 17,686 kg/ha | 17,948 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 1 Malaysia 19,770 kg/ha compare
- 2 Thailand 18,333 kg/ha compare
- 2 United Republic of Tanzania 14,045 kg/ha compare
- 3 Guatemala 18,152 kg/ha compare
- 4 Melanesia 12,036 kg/ha compare
- 5 Indonesia 16,969 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11,283 kg/ha compare
- 6 Ecuador 16,870 kg/ha compare
- 6 Caribbean 13,797 kg/ha compare
- 7 Costa Rica 16,400 kg/ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,580 kg/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 — yield in Benin?
- Oil palm fruit — yield in Benin was 17,948 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 17,948 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,333 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does Benin rank for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Benin ranks 4th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.