Okra — Yield in Benin
Benin: Okra — Yield was 3,908 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Okra — Yield in Benin, 1983–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for okra — yield in Benin is 3,908 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — yield in Benin peaked at 4,293 kg/ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 1,888 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Benin 40th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Okra — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1,888 kg/ha | — |
| 1984 | 2,083 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1985 | 2,442 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1986 | 2,238 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1987 | 2,464 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1988 | 2,536 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 3,010 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1990 | 3,428 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1991 | 3,133 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1992 | 3,296 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1993 | 3,300 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 3,333 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 4,293 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 1996 | 3,172 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 1997 | 3,036 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 2,821 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 3,102 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 3,022 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 3,076 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 3,494 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2003 | 3,235 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2004 | 3,302 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 3,901 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2006 | 3,319 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2007 | 3,479 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 3,128 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2009 | 3,281 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 3,414 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 3,567 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 3,490 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 3,490 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,397 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 3,258 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 3,221 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 3,454 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 3,879 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2019 | 3,391 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2020 | 3,704 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2021 | 3,664 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 3,623 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 4,040 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2024 | 3,908 kg/ha | -3.3% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 3,908 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7,830 kg/ha, 50% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Benin's 3,908 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,327 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,380 kg/ha | 1,888 kg/ha | 3,010 kg/ha | 7 |
| 1990s | 3,292 kg/ha | 2,821 kg/ha | 4,293 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,324 kg/ha | 3,022 kg/ha | 3,901 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,456 kg/ha | 3,221 kg/ha | 3,879 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,788 kg/ha | 3,623 kg/ha | 4,040 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 okra — yield in Benin?
- Okra — yield in Benin was 3,908 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 4,293 kg/ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest okra — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,888 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Benin rank for okra — yield?
- Benin ranks 40th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. 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 Okra — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.