Palm oil — Production in Benin
Benin: Palm oil — Production was 100,000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Palm oil — Production in Benin, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for palm oil — production in Benin is 100,000 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 78.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm oil — production in Benin peaked at 100,000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8,841 t, in 1997.
That places Benin 21st out of 44 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Palm oil — Production in Benin, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,600 t | — |
| 1962 | 23,200 t | -5.7% |
| 1963 | 24,800 t | +6.9% |
| 1964 | 27,000 t | +8.9% |
| 1965 | 27,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 27,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 24,700 t | -8.5% |
| 1968 | 27,200 t | +10.1% |
| 1969 | 31,300 t | +15.1% |
| 1970 | 31,957 t | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 19,990 t | -37.4% |
| 1972 | 15,396 t | -23.0% |
| 1973 | 15,636 t | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 25,796 t | +65.0% |
| 1975 | 38,500 t | +49.2% |
| 1976 | 47,000 t | +22.1% |
| 1977 | 33,000 t | -29.8% |
| 1978 | 25,000 t | -24.2% |
| 1979 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 34,000 t | +36.0% |
| 1981 | 30,000 t | -11.8% |
| 1982 | 31,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 35,000 t | +12.9% |
| 1984 | 35,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 33,000 t | -5.7% |
| 1986 | 25,000 t | -24.2% |
| 1987 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 20,000 t | -20.0% |
| 1990 | 21,854 t | +9.3% |
| 1991 | 14,000 t | -35.9% |
| 1992 | 13,700 t | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 14,000 t | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 9,432 t | -32.6% |
| 1995 | 12,500 t | +32.5% |
| 1996 | 15,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1997 | 8,841 t | -41.1% |
| 1998 | 14,800 t | +67.4% |
| 1999 | 15,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 36,000 t | +140.0% |
| 2001 | 36,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 32,000 t | -11.1% |
| 2003 | 32,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 33,500 t | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 36,000 t | +7.5% |
| 2006 | 38,000 t | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 40,000 t | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 42,000 t | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 44,000 t | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 46,000 t | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 46,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 53,000 t | +15.2% |
| 2013 | 56,000 t | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 64,000 t | +14.3% |
| 2015 | 60,000 t | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 65,000 t | +8.3% |
| 2017 | 70,000 t | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 75,000 t | +7.1% |
| 2019 | 78,000 t | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 80,000 t | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 92,000 t | +15.0% |
| 2022 | 96,000 t | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 100,000 t | +4.2% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 100,000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 100,000 t, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Benin's 100,000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 27,616 t, 3.6× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Palm oil — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +140.0% | 15,000 t | 36,000 t |
| 1998 | +67.4% | 8,841 t | 14,800 t |
| 1974 | +65.0% | 15,636 t | 25,796 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,311 t | 23,200 t | 31,300 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,728 t | 15,396 t | 47,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,300 t | 20,000 t | 35,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,913 t | 8,841 t | 21,854 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 36,950 t | 32,000 t | 44,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 61,300 t | 46,000 t | 78,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 92,000 t | 80,000 t | 100,000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 18 Philippines 135,200 t compare
- 19 China 112,877 t compare
- 19 China, mainland 112,877 t compare
- 21 Cambodia 100,000 t compare
- 23 Sierra Leone 85,800 t compare
- 24 Panama 74,000 t 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 palm oil — production in Benin?
- Palm oil — production in Benin was 100,000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm oil — production recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 100,000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest palm oil — production recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,841 t in 1997.
- How does Benin rank for palm oil — production?
- Benin ranks 21st out of 44 countries with data for 2023.
- Is palm oil — production rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.6%. 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 Palm oil — Production. 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.