Oranges — Yield in Benin
Benin: Oranges — Yield was 2,380 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oranges — Yield in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oranges — yield in Benin is 2,380 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — yield in Benin peaked at 7,262 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1,816 kg/ha, in 2014.
That places Benin 107th out of 117 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.
Oranges — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,262 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,933 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1963 | 7,000 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 7,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,000 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1966 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,773 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1972 | 4,565 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1973 | 4,783 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 5,000 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,800 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1978 | 4,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 4,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 4,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 4,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 4,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 4,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,000 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 4,800 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 4,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 4,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 4,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,880 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 6,610 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 1992 | 6,468 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 6,326 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 6,183 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 6,041 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 5,899 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 5,756 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 5,614 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 5,472 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 5,329 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 5,187 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 5,044 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 4,902 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 4,738 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 4,960 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 4,822 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 4,902 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 4,339 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2009 | 4,070 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 3,806 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 3,542 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 2,800 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 2013 | 2,308 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2014 | 1,816 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 2015 | 2,481 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 2016 | 2,297 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 2,218 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 2,389 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2019 | 2,362 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 2,390 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 2,380 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 2,377 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,382 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,380 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 2,380 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,696 kg/ha, 22% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Benin's 2,380 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,416 kg/ha, 32% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +36.6% | 1,816 kg/ha | 2,481 kg/ha |
| 1991 | +35.5% | 4,880 kg/ha | 6,610 kg/ha |
| 1965 | -28.6% | 7,000 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,911 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 7,262 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,852 kg/ha | 4,565 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,820 kg/ha | 4,800 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,925 kg/ha | 4,880 kg/ha | 6,610 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,829 kg/ha | 4,070 kg/ha | 5,329 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,602 kg/ha | 1,816 kg/ha | 3,806 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,382 kg/ha | 2,377 kg/ha | 2,390 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 oranges — yield in Benin?
- Oranges — yield in Benin was 2,380 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 7,262 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest oranges — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,816 kg/ha in 2014.
- How does Benin rank for oranges — yield?
- Benin ranks 107th out of 117 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.0%. 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 Oranges — 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.