Potatoes — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Potatoes — Area harvested was 43 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Benin stood at 43 ha. That is the highest value across all 62 years on record.
That represents a change of up 16.2% on the previous year and up 230.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Benin peaked at 43 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Benin 147th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 17 ha | — |
| 1986 | 24 ha | +41.2% |
| 1987 | 30 ha | +25.0% |
| 1988 | 35 ha | +16.7% |
| 1989 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1990 | 0 ha | — |
| 1991 | 0 ha | — |
| 1992 | 0 ha | — |
| 1995 | 36 ha | — |
| 1996 | 23 ha | -36.1% |
| 1997 | 38 ha | +65.2% |
| 1998 | 10 ha | -73.7% |
| 1999 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 15 ha | +50.0% |
| 2001 | 4 ha | -73.3% |
| 2002 | 4 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 7 ha | +75.0% |
| 2004 | 8 ha | +14.3% |
| 2005 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2006 | 11 ha | — |
| 2007 | 10 ha | -9.1% |
| 2008 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2009 | 38 ha | — |
| 2010 | 30 ha | -21.1% |
| 2011 | 29 ha | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 29 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 25 ha | -13.8% |
| 2014 | 13 ha | -48.0% |
| 2015 | 6 ha | -53.8% |
| 2016 | 10 ha | +66.7% |
| 2017 | 11 ha | +10.0% |
| 2018 | 7 ha | -36.4% |
| 2019 | 11 ha | +57.1% |
| 2020 | 6 ha | -45.5% |
| 2021 | 13 ha | +116.7% |
| 2022 | 21 ha | +61.5% |
| 2023 | 37 ha | +76.2% |
| 2024 | 43 ha | +16.2% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 43 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,053 ha, 0% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Benin's 43 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,152 ha, 0% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.6 ha | 0 ha | 35 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.62 ha | 0 ha | 38 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 9.7 ha | 0 ha | 38 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.1 ha | 6 ha | 30 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24 ha | 6 ha | 43 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 potatoes — area harvested in Benin?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Benin was 43 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 43 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 147th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 230.8%. 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 Potatoes — 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.