Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.48 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Benin is 1.48 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.5% on the previous year and up 103.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Benin peaked at 1.48 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 128,853 ha, in 1964.
Benin ranks 27th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 135,456 ha | — |
| 1962 | 143,647 ha | +6.0% |
| 1963 | 142,553 ha | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 128,853 ha | -9.6% |
| 1965 | 146,809 ha | +13.9% |
| 1966 | 147,993 ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 160,813 ha | +8.7% |
| 1968 | 176,749 ha | +9.9% |
| 1969 | 172,459 ha | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 180,210 ha | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 188,982 ha | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 175,677 ha | -7.0% |
| 1973 | 162,984 ha | -7.2% |
| 1974 | 151,165 ha | -7.3% |
| 1975 | 133,040 ha | -12.0% |
| 1976 | 147,535 ha | +10.9% |
| 1977 | 142,591 ha | -3.4% |
| 1978 | 156,018 ha | +9.4% |
| 1979 | 171,790 ha | +10.1% |
| 1980 | 156,292 ha | -9.0% |
| 1981 | 151,667 ha | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 144,932 ha | -4.4% |
| 1983 | 150,391 ha | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 183,926 ha | +22.3% |
| 1985 | 219,565 ha | +19.4% |
| 1986 | 239,392 ha | +9.0% |
| 1987 | 191,853 ha | -19.9% |
| 1988 | 239,528 ha | +24.8% |
| 1989 | 222,004 ha | -7.3% |
| 1990 | 258,262 ha | +16.3% |
| 1991 | 291,087 ha | +12.7% |
| 1992 | 260,445 ha | -10.5% |
| 1993 | 290,163 ha | +11.4% |
| 1994 | 329,050 ha | +13.4% |
| 1995 | 420,865 ha | +27.9% |
| 1996 | 511,720 ha | +21.6% |
| 1997 | 544,989 ha | +6.5% |
| 1998 | 549,643 ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 547,640 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 512,630 ha | -6.4% |
| 2001 | 503,001 ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 513,951 ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 524,052 ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 532,977 ha | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 401,592 ha | -24.7% |
| 2006 | 410,735 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 427,928 ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 433,864 ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 409,433 ha | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 436,343 ha | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 476,060 ha | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 614,519 ha | +29.1% |
| 2013 | 659,680 ha | +7.3% |
| 2014 | 727,627 ha | +10.3% |
| 2015 | 677,706 ha | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 791,328 ha | +16.8% |
| 2017 | 914,770 ha | +15.6% |
| 2018 | 1.13 million ha | +23.4% |
| 2019 | 1.10 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 1.06 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 1.12 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 1.09 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 1.34 million ha | +23.4% |
| 2024 | 1.48 million ha | +10.5% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 1.48 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 192,630 ha, 7.7× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Benin's 1.48 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 348,823 ha, 4.2× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 150,592 ha | 128,853 ha | 176,749 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 160,999 ha | 133,040 ha | 188,982 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 189,955 ha | 144,932 ha | 239,528 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 400,386 ha | 258,262 ha | 549,643 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 467,016 ha | 401,592 ha | 532,977 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 753,019 ha | 436,343 ha | 1.13 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.22 million ha | 1.06 million ha | 1.48 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 24 South Africa 1.91 million ha compare
- 25 Romania 1.77 million ha compare
- 26 Chad 1.50 million ha compare
- 27 Côte d'Ivoire 1.01 million ha compare
- 28 Germany 1.36 million ha compare
- 28 Caribbean 194,146 ha compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 2,004 ha compare
- 29 Senegal 1.36 million ha compare
- 30 Mozambique 1.33 million ha compare
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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Benin?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Benin was 1.48 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 1.48 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 128,853 ha in 1964.
- How does Benin rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 27th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 103.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.