Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 631 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Benin is 631 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Benin peaked at 800 ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 400 ha, in 1961.
Benin ranks 27th of 43 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 600 ha | +50.0% |
| 1968 | 400 ha | -33.3% |
| 1969 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 800 ha | +100.0% |
| 1975 | 600 ha | -25.0% |
| 1976 | 800 ha | +33.3% |
| 1977 | 600 ha | -25.0% |
| 1978 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 720 ha | +20.0% |
| 1991 | 623 ha | -13.5% |
| 1992 | 622 ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 622 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 621 ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 620 ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 619 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 619 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 618 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 617 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 616 ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 616 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 615 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 615 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 612 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 606 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 609 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 610 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 586 ha | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 552 ha | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 593 ha | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 595 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 600 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 591 ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 590 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 599 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 601 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 603 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 605 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 610 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 615 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 619 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 625 ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 628 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 631 ha | +0.5% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 631 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 631 ha, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Benin's 631 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,236 ha, 51% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested 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 | +100.0% | 400 ha | 800 ha |
| 1967 | +50.0% | 400 ha | 600 ha |
| 1968 | -33.3% | 600 ha | 400 ha |
| 1976 | +33.3% | 600 ha | 800 ha |
| 1975 | -25.0% | 800 ha | 600 ha |
| 1977 | -25.0% | 800 ha | 600 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 422.22 ha | 400 ha | 600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 560 ha | 400 ha | 800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 600 ha | 600 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 630.1 ha | 617 ha | 720 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 603.7 ha | 552 ha | 616 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 598.7 ha | 590 ha | 610 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 623.6 ha | 615 ha | 631 ha | 5 |
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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 pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Benin?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Benin was 631 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 800 ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 ha in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 27th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. 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 Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — 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.