Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield in Benin
Benin: Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield was 576.9 kg/ha in 1994. ▲ Rising
Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield in Benin, 1961–1994
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 576.9 kg/ha for other pulses n.e.c. — yield in 1994.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — yield in Benin peaked at 701.1 kg/ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 213.4 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Benin 99th out of 114 countries with data for 1994, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 339.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 388.1 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1963 | 426.3 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1964 | 282.4 kg/ha | -33.8% |
| 1965 | 303 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1966 | 241 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1967 | 273.6 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1968 | 285.7 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 333.3 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1970 | 280.9 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1971 | 379.3 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 1972 | 325 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1973 | 213.4 kg/ha | -34.3% |
| 1974 | 537.9 kg/ha | +152.1% |
| 1975 | 542.9 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 500 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1977 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 400 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1979 | 456.1 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1980 | 482.8 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1981 | 441.6 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1982 | 466.7 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1983 | 285 kg/ha | -38.9% |
| 1984 | 701.1 kg/ha | +146.0% |
| 1985 | 590.6 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1986 | 505.6 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1987 | 605.2 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1988 | 642.7 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 624.4 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1990 | 610.2 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 572.6 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 588.2 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 571.4 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 576.9 kg/ha | +1.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 576.9 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 859 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Benin's 576.9 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 837.15 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +152.1% | 213.4 kg/ha | 537.9 kg/ha |
| 1984 | +146.0% | 285 kg/ha | 701.1 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 319.19 kg/ha | 241 kg/ha | 426.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 413.55 kg/ha | 213.4 kg/ha | 542.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 534.57 kg/ha | 285 kg/ha | 701.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 583.86 kg/ha | 571.4 kg/ha | 610.2 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 96 Albania 628.8 kg/ha compare
- 97 Indonesia 596.8 kg/ha compare
- 98 Kenya 586.4 kg/ha compare
- 100 Papua New Guinea 537.7 kg/ha compare
- 101 Guinea-Bissau 536.9 kg/ha compare
- 102 Ethiopia PDR 535.4 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 pulses n.e.c. — yield in Benin?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — yield in Benin was 576.9 kg/ha in 1994, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other pulses n.e.c. — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 701.1 kg/ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 213.4 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Benin rank for other pulses n.e.c. — yield?
- Benin ranks 99th out of 114 countries with data for 1994.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. 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. — 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.