Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Benin
Benin: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 286.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Benin is 286.8 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and down 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Benin peaked at 622 kg/ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 222.7 kg/ha, in 1997.
That places Benin 143rd out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 574.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 546.7 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1963 | 556.6 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 608.1 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1965 | 552.4 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1966 | 532.4 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1967 | 521.4 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 483.2 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1969 | 499.4 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 481.7 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1971 | 457 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1972 | 489 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1973 | 553.7 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1974 | 554.8 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 605.5 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1976 | 599.9 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 622 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 570.8 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1979 | 527.8 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1980 | 568.2 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1981 | 566.7 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 574 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 555.2 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 523.6 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1985 | 421.8 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1986 | 343.1 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1987 | 372.7 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1988 | 344 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1989 | 328.4 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 297.3 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1991 | 257.1 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1992 | 276 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1993 | 291.7 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1994 | 260.9 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1995 | 266.1 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 231.6 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1997 | 222.7 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 225.2 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 228.9 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 250.7 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2001 | 269 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 273 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 285.4 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 295.3 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 337 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2006 | 319 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 330.6 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 341.7 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 411.1 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 2010 | 409.3 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 389.8 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 324 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2013 | 332.3 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 323.6 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 342.3 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 318 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 298.4 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 285.7 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 290.7 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 304.4 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 310.7 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 304 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 285.4 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2024 | 286.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 286.8 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 371.5 kg/ha, 77% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Benin's 286.8 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 286.8 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 541.62 kg/ha | 483.2 kg/ha | 608.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 546.22 kg/ha | 457 kg/ha | 622 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 459.77 kg/ha | 328.4 kg/ha | 574 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 255.75 kg/ha | 222.7 kg/ha | 297.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 311.28 kg/ha | 250.7 kg/ha | 411.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 331.41 kg/ha | 285.7 kg/ha | 409.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 298.26 kg/ha | 285.4 kg/ha | 310.7 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, oil equivalent — yield in Benin?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Benin was 286.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 622 kg/ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 222.7 kg/ha in 1997.
- How does Benin rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Benin ranks 143rd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.