Pineapples — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Pineapples — Area harvested was 7,425 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pineapples — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 7,425 ha for pineapples — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.7% on the previous year and up 35.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pineapples — area harvested in Benin peaked at 7,463 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 250 ha, in 1961.
Benin ranks 26th of 85 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pineapples — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 250 ha | — |
| 1962 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 305 ha | +22.0% |
| 1964 | 365 ha | +19.7% |
| 1965 | 365 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 360 ha | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 350 ha | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 340 ha | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 340 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 340 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 335 ha | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 335 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 335 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 335 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 325 ha | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 325 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 325 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 325 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 320 ha | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 500 ha | +56.2% |
| 1989 | 900 ha | +80.0% |
| 1990 | 909 ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 1,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1992 | 890 ha | -11.0% |
| 1993 | 905 ha | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 952 ha | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 1,100 ha | +15.5% |
| 1996 | 2,073 ha | +88.5% |
| 1997 | 1,254 ha | -39.5% |
| 1998 | 1,268 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 1,766 ha | +39.3% |
| 2000 | 1,233 ha | -30.2% |
| 2001 | 1,355 ha | +9.9% |
| 2002 | 1,723 ha | +27.2% |
| 2003 | 1,714 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 2,166 ha | +26.4% |
| 2005 | 2,064 ha | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 2,197 ha | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 2,368 ha | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 3,081 ha | +30.1% |
| 2009 | 4,245 ha | +37.8% |
| 2010 | 4,997 ha | +17.7% |
| 2011 | 3,101 ha | -37.9% |
| 2012 | 6,549 ha | +111.2% |
| 2013 | 7,463 ha | +14.0% |
| 2014 | 5,496 ha | -26.4% |
| 2015 | 5,146 ha | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 5,546 ha | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 5,770 ha | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 6,019 ha | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 5,528 ha | -8.2% |
| 2020 | 5,644 ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 6,227 ha | +10.3% |
| 2022 | 7,156 ha | +14.9% |
| 2023 | 6,957 ha | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 7,425 ha | +6.7% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 7,425 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,685 ha, 2.8× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Benin's 7,425 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,345 ha, 3.2× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pineapples — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +111.2% | 3,101 ha | 6,549 ha |
| 1996 | +88.5% | 1,100 ha | 2,073 ha |
| 1989 | +80.0% | 500 ha | 900 ha |
| 1988 | +56.2% | 320 ha | 500 ha |
| 1997 | -39.5% | 2,073 ha | 1,254 ha |
| 1999 | +39.3% | 1,268 ha | 1,766 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 329.44 ha | 250 ha | 365 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 338.5 ha | 325 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 397.5 ha | 320 ha | 900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,212 ha | 890 ha | 2,073 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,215 ha | 1,233 ha | 4,245 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,562 ha | 3,101 ha | 7,463 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,682 ha | 5,644 ha | 7,425 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 pineapples — area harvested in Benin?
- Pineapples — area harvested in Benin was 7,425 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 7,463 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 250 ha in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for pineapples — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 26th out of 85 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pineapples — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.1%. 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 Pineapples — 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.