Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Area harvested was 142 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Benin, 1997–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested in Benin is 142 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested in Benin peaked at 554 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 89 ha, in 2007.
Benin ranks 66th of 73 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 300 ha | — |
| 1998 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1999 | 550 ha | +37.5% |
| 2000 | 554 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 495 ha | -10.6% |
| 2002 | 400 ha | -19.2% |
| 2003 | 250 ha | -37.5% |
| 2004 | 163 ha | -34.8% |
| 2005 | 103 ha | -36.8% |
| 2006 | 92 ha | -10.7% |
| 2007 | 89 ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 100 ha | +12.4% |
| 2009 | 121 ha | +21.0% |
| 2010 | 144 ha | +19.0% |
| 2011 | 155 ha | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 160 ha | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 163 ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 122 ha | -25.2% |
| 2016 | 148 ha | +21.3% |
| 2017 | 144 ha | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 142 ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 142 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 142 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 142 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 142 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 142 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 142 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 416.67 ha | 300 ha | 550 ha | 3 |
| 2000s | 236.7 ha | 89 ha | 554 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 148 ha | 122 ha | 163 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 142 ha | 142 ha | 142 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested in Benin?
- Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested in Benin was 142 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 554 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 89 ha in 2007.
- How does Benin rank for other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 66th out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other oil seeds, n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.9%. 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 Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Area harvested. 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.