Okra — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Okra — Area harvested was 23,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Okra — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, okra — area harvested in Benin stood at 23,000 ha.
The figure is down 8.0% on the previous year and up 59.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Benin peaked at 25,000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Benin 9th out of 53 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.
Okra — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 3,135 ha | — |
| 1984 | 3,082 ha | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 3,410 ha | +10.6% |
| 1986 | 6,093 ha | +78.7% |
| 1987 | 6,203 ha | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 8,583 ha | +38.4% |
| 1989 | 8,358 ha | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 8,974 ha | +7.4% |
| 1991 | 9,172 ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 10,844 ha | +18.2% |
| 1993 | 10,000 ha | -7.8% |
| 1994 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1995 | 7,267 ha | -39.4% |
| 1996 | 16,273 ha | +123.9% |
| 1997 | 16,576 ha | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 18,925 ha | +14.2% |
| 1999 | 17,595 ha | -7.0% |
| 2000 | 19,509 ha | +10.9% |
| 2001 | 18,887 ha | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 21,413 ha | +13.4% |
| 2003 | 19,977 ha | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 20,754 ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 23,401 ha | +12.8% |
| 2006 | 15,802 ha | -32.5% |
| 2007 | 13,141 ha | -16.8% |
| 2008 | 16,659 ha | +26.8% |
| 2009 | 13,159 ha | -21.0% |
| 2010 | 13,357 ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 13,552 ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 17,780 ha | +31.2% |
| 2013 | 13,821 ha | -22.3% |
| 2014 | 14,397 ha | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 12,751 ha | -11.4% |
| 2016 | 13,115 ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 11,698 ha | -10.8% |
| 2018 | 16,310 ha | +39.4% |
| 2019 | 13,601 ha | -16.6% |
| 2020 | 14,881 ha | +9.4% |
| 2021 | 16,980 ha | +14.1% |
| 2022 | 18,126 ha | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 25,000 ha | +37.9% |
| 2024 | 23,000 ha | -8.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 23,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,534 ha, 6.5× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Benin's 23,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,326 ha, 6.9× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Okra — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +123.9% | 7,267 ha | 16,273 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,886 ha | 0 ha | 8,583 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,763 ha | 7,267 ha | 18,925 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,270 ha | 13,141 ha | 23,401 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,038 ha | 11,698 ha | 17,780 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,597 ha | 14,881 ha | 25,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 6 Cameroon 32,016 ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 4,281 ha compare
- 7 Pakistan 27,310 ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 3,609 ha compare
- 8 Côte d'Ivoire 63,878 ha compare
- 8 Sudan 27,234 ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 510 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 0 ha
- 10 Sudan (former) 21,504 ha compare
- 11 Bangladesh 12,654 ha compare
- 12 Dominican Republic 9,767 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 okra — area harvested in Benin?
- Okra — area harvested in Benin was 23,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 25,000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for okra — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 9th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.8%. 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 Okra — 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.