Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Benin
Benin: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield was 289.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Benin stood at 289.5 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Benin peaked at 296.8 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 206.7 kg/ha, in 1991.
Benin ranks 48th of 50 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 250 kg/ha | 250 kg/ha | 250 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 250 kg/ha | 250 kg/ha | 250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 250 kg/ha | 250 kg/ha | 250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 223.72 kg/ha | 206.7 kg/ha | 265.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 251.31 kg/ha | 234.6 kg/ha | 271.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 287.26 kg/ha | 276.2 kg/ha | 294.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 292.54 kg/ha | 289.5 kg/ha | 296.8 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- Agriculture share gdp 22.92 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 22.92 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 52.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
- Rural population 46.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 6.91 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 22.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 20,973 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Benin?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Benin was 289.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 296.8 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 206.7 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Benin rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield?
- Benin ranks 48th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. 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 — 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.