Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Yield in Benin
Benin: Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Yield was 1,195 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Yield in Benin, 1997–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 1,195 kg/ha for other oil seeds, n.e.c. — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other oil seeds, n.e.c. — yield in Benin peaked at 1,280 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,000 kg/ha, in 1997.
That places Benin 25th out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1998 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,009 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 1,015 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 1,000 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,034 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 1,044 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 1,062 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 1,076 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 1,063 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 1,101 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 1,126 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 1,161 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 1,250 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 1,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,238 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 1,230 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 1,240 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 1,236 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 1,254 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 1,271 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 1,280 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 1,191 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 1,204 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 1,200 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,195 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 1,195 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,196 kg/ha, 100% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Benin's 1,195 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 975.95 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 3 |
| 2000s | 1,040 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,101 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,226 kg/ha | 1,126 kg/ha | 1,271 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,214 kg/ha | 1,191 kg/ha | 1,280 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 22 Cameroon 1,271 kg/ha compare
- 22 Côte d'Ivoire 705.8 kg/ha compare
- 23 Luxembourg 1,200 kg/ha compare
- 24 Ghana 1,196 kg/ha compare
- 25 Cabo Verde 500 kg/ha
- 26 Republic of Korea 1,167 kg/ha compare
- 27 North Macedonia 1,129 kg/ha
- 28 Nepal 1,088 kg/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 other oil seeds, n.e.c. — yield in Benin?
- Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — yield in Benin was 1,195 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other oil seeds, n.e.c. — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 1,280 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest other oil seeds, n.e.c. — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 kg/ha in 1997.
- How does Benin rank for other oil seeds, n.e.c. — yield?
- Benin ranks 25th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other oil seeds, n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. 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 Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Yield. 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.