Oranges — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Oranges — Area harvested was 6,473 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oranges — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 6,473 ha for oranges — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Benin peaked at 7,937 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,410 ha, in 1961.
Benin ranks 54th of 147 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,812 ha | 1,410 ha | 2,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,360 ha | 2,200 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,500 ha | 2,500 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,750 ha | 1,415 ha | 2,221 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,527 ha | 2,107 ha | 3,198 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,820 ha | 3,486 ha | 7,937 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,482 ha | 6,448 ha | 6,516 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- Agriculture share gdp 22.92 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 22.92 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 52.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
- Rural population 46.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 6.91 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 22.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 20,973 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oranges — area harvested in Benin?
- Oranges — area harvested in Benin was 6,473 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 7,937 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,410 ha in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 54th out of 147 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. 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 Oranges — 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.