Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 520,628 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Benin is 520,628 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 19.7% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Benin peaked at 651,966 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 136,600 ha, in 1975.
Benin ranks 20th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 151,652 ha | — |
| 1962 | 160,334 ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 158,256 ha | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 155,028 ha | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 170,520 ha | +10.0% |
| 1966 | 159,167 ha | -6.7% |
| 1967 | 149,660 ha | -6.0% |
| 1968 | 151,437 ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 184,760 ha | +22.0% |
| 1970 | 196,554 ha | +6.4% |
| 1971 | 173,467 ha | -11.7% |
| 1972 | 168,588 ha | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 155,338 ha | -7.9% |
| 1974 | 152,551 ha | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 136,600 ha | -10.5% |
| 1976 | 157,750 ha | +15.5% |
| 1977 | 160,318 ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 196,743 ha | +22.7% |
| 1979 | 196,398 ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 172,213 ha | -12.3% |
| 1981 | 179,976 ha | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 180,191 ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 176,988 ha | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 186,771 ha | +5.5% |
| 1985 | 185,519 ha | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 190,668 ha | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 175,029 ha | -8.2% |
| 1988 | 214,607 ha | +22.6% |
| 1989 | 218,577 ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 218,815 ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 236,207 ha | +7.9% |
| 1992 | 238,245 ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 253,030 ha | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 265,683 ha | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 285,680 ha | +7.5% |
| 1996 | 309,895 ha | +8.5% |
| 1997 | 327,876 ha | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 343,232 ha | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 359,400 ha | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 388,649 ha | +8.1% |
| 2001 | 407,246 ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 449,315 ha | +10.3% |
| 2003 | 416,112 ha | -7.4% |
| 2004 | 411,195 ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 414,056 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 377,874 ha | -8.7% |
| 2007 | 355,491 ha | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 463,423 ha | +30.4% |
| 2009 | 437,787 ha | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 505,871 ha | +15.6% |
| 2011 | 400,374 ha | -20.9% |
| 2012 | 458,840 ha | +14.6% |
| 2013 | 489,965 ha | +6.8% |
| 2014 | 522,165 ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 497,220 ha | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 514,052 ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 535,884 ha | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 507,241 ha | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 564,696 ha | +11.3% |
| 2020 | 586,126 ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 622,527 ha | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 651,966 ha | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 648,530 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 520,628 ha | -19.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 160,090 ha | 149,660 ha | 184,760 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 169,431 ha | 136,600 ha | 196,743 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 188,054 ha | 172,213 ha | 218,577 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 283,806 ha | 218,815 ha | 359,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 412,115 ha | 355,491 ha | 463,423 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 499,631 ha | 400,374 ha | 564,696 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 605,955 ha | 520,628 ha | 651,966 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 17 Cambodia 607,266 ha compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 16,385 ha compare
- 18 Madagascar 552,781 ha compare
- 19 Guinea 531,646 ha compare
- 21 Peru 505,494 ha compare
- 22 Ethiopia PDR 501,700 ha compare
- 23 Bangladesh 484,932 ha 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Benin?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Benin was 520,628 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 651,966 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 136,600 ha in 1975.
- How does Benin rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 20th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.