Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.54 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Oil 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, oil equivalent — area harvested in Benin is 1.54 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.3% on the previous year and up 107.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Benin peaked at 1.54 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 131,103 ha, in 1964.
That places Benin 29th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 139,901 ha | — |
| 1962 | 148,587 ha | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 147,653 ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 131,103 ha | -11.2% |
| 1965 | 151,029 ha | +15.2% |
| 1966 | 151,593 ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 164,913 ha | +8.8% |
| 1968 | 179,849 ha | +9.1% |
| 1969 | 175,559 ha | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 184,210 ha | +4.9% |
| 1971 | 192,382 ha | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 179,177 ha | -6.9% |
| 1973 | 166,484 ha | -7.1% |
| 1974 | 155,665 ha | -6.5% |
| 1975 | 137,040 ha | -12.0% |
| 1976 | 151,535 ha | +10.6% |
| 1977 | 147,091 ha | -2.9% |
| 1978 | 160,518 ha | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 176,290 ha | +9.8% |
| 1980 | 160,792 ha | -8.8% |
| 1981 | 156,167 ha | -2.9% |
| 1982 | 148,432 ha | -5.0% |
| 1983 | 154,391 ha | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 194,926 ha | +26.3% |
| 1985 | 230,565 ha | +18.3% |
| 1986 | 250,392 ha | +8.6% |
| 1987 | 200,853 ha | -19.8% |
| 1988 | 248,528 ha | +23.7% |
| 1989 | 226,004 ha | -9.1% |
| 1990 | 262,973 ha | +16.4% |
| 1991 | 296,243 ha | +12.7% |
| 1992 | 265,092 ha | -10.5% |
| 1993 | 295,801 ha | +11.6% |
| 1994 | 336,180 ha | +13.7% |
| 1995 | 428,055 ha | +27.3% |
| 1996 | 518,570 ha | +21.1% |
| 1997 | 551,848 ha | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 556,519 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 554,544 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 519,572 ha | -6.3% |
| 2001 | 509,990 ha | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 520,819 ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 531,148 ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 539,861 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 408,588 ha | -24.3% |
| 2006 | 417,878 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 435,252 ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 441,315 ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 417,035 ha | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 444,090 ha | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 484,090 ha | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 622,669 ha | +28.6% |
| 2013 | 668,430 ha | +7.3% |
| 2014 | 741,739 ha | +11.0% |
| 2015 | 696,662 ha | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 819,796 ha | +17.7% |
| 2017 | 950,258 ha | +15.9% |
| 2018 | 1.17 million ha | +23.2% |
| 2019 | 1.15 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 1.11 million ha | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 1.16 million ha | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 1.13 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 1.39 million ha | +23.4% |
| 2024 | 1.54 million ha | +10.3% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 1.54 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 261,986 ha, 5.9× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Benin's 1.54 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 348,823 ha, 4.4× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 154,465 ha | 131,103 ha | 179,849 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 165,039 ha | 137,040 ha | 192,382 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 197,105 ha | 148,432 ha | 250,392 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 406,582 ha | 262,973 ha | 556,519 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 474,146 ha | 408,588 ha | 539,861 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 775,224 ha | 444,090 ha | 1.17 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.26 million ha | 1.11 million ha | 1.54 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 26 Tunisia 1.89 million ha compare
- 27 Côte d'Ivoire 1.03 million ha compare
- 27 Romania 1.77 million ha compare
- 28 Italy 1.67 million ha compare
- 28 Caribbean 196,859 ha compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 2,091 ha compare
- 30 Mozambique 1.53 million ha compare
- 31 Chad 1.50 million ha compare
- 32 Mali 1.37 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, oil equivalent — area harvested in Benin?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Benin was 1.54 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 1.54 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 131,103 ha in 1964.
- How does Benin rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 29th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 107.1%. 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, Oil 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.