Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Benin
Benin: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 562.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 562.9 kg/ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 7.6% on the previous year and up 45.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Benin peaked at 562.9 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 171.8 kg/ha, in 1962.
Benin ranks 98th of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 174 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 171.8 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1963 | 175.1 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 190 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1965 | 189.3 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 178.1 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1967 | 207.5 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1968 | 212.5 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 223 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 229 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 229.4 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 246.6 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1973 | 297.1 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1974 | 244.4 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1975 | 239.9 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 281.3 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1977 | 286.5 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 265.9 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1979 | 260.1 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 260.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 240.4 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1982 | 251.8 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 262.9 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 341.5 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 1985 | 298 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1986 | 315.9 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1987 | 267 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1988 | 301 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1989 | 309 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 314.3 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 322.3 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 330.4 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 430.7 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 1994 | 375 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1995 | 373.7 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 357.6 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 318.9 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1998 | 309.1 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 319.6 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 336.9 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 369.3 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2002 | 370.6 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 373.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 404.1 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 346.8 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2006 | 338.4 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 367.6 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2008 | 375.4 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 409.8 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 397.4 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 439.8 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2012 | 335 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 2013 | 362.6 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2014 | 386.4 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 403.2 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 436.7 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2017 | 438.9 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 447 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 474.6 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 495.8 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 513.2 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 480.2 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2023 | 523.2 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2024 | 562.9 kg/ha | +7.6% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 562.9 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 485.9 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Benin's 562.9 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 332.5 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 191.26 kg/ha | 171.8 kg/ha | 223 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 258.02 kg/ha | 229 kg/ha | 297.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 284.76 kg/ha | 240.4 kg/ha | 341.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 345.16 kg/ha | 309.1 kg/ha | 430.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 369.2 kg/ha | 336.9 kg/ha | 409.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 412.16 kg/ha | 335 kg/ha | 474.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 515.06 kg/ha | 480.2 kg/ha | 562.9 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Benin?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Benin was 562.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 562.9 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 171.8 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Benin rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- Benin ranks 98th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.7%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield. 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.