Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 13,000 ha in 1994. ▲ Rising
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–1994
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 13,000 ha for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in 1994.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.1% on the previous year and up 94.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Benin peaked at 17,000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 4,171 ha, in 1971.
Benin ranks 45th of 116 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,324 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,700 ha | -8.5% |
| 1963 | 6,108 ha | -8.8% |
| 1964 | 5,957 ha | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 6,600 ha | +10.8% |
| 1966 | 8,300 ha | +25.8% |
| 1967 | 10,600 ha | +27.7% |
| 1968 | 11,200 ha | +5.7% |
| 1969 | 6,600 ha | -41.1% |
| 1970 | 7,565 ha | +14.6% |
| 1971 | 4,171 ha | -44.9% |
| 1972 | 8,000 ha | +91.8% |
| 1973 | 6,442 ha | -19.5% |
| 1974 | 6,985 ha | +8.4% |
| 1975 | 7,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 6,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1977 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5,500 ha | -8.3% |
| 1979 | 5,700 ha | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 5,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 6,940 ha | +19.7% |
| 1982 | 7,500 ha | +8.1% |
| 1983 | 6,639 ha | -11.5% |
| 1984 | 6,685 ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 8,833 ha | +32.1% |
| 1986 | 10,613 ha | +20.2% |
| 1987 | 9,311 ha | -12.3% |
| 1988 | 10,606 ha | +13.9% |
| 1989 | 13,841 ha | +30.5% |
| 1990 | 14,514 ha | +4.9% |
| 1991 | 16,730 ha | +15.3% |
| 1992 | 17,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 14,000 ha | -17.6% |
| 1994 | 13,000 ha | -7.1% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 13,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,822 ha, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Benin's 13,000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,578 ha, 45% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,710 ha | 5,957 ha | 11,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,336 ha | 4,171 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,677 ha | 5,800 ha | 13,841 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,049 ha | 13,000 ha | 17,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
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 pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Benin?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Benin was 13,000 ha in 1994, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 17,000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,171 ha in 1971.
- How does Benin rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 45th out of 116 countries with data for 1994.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 94.5%. 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 pulses n.e.c. — 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.