Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Benin
Benin: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 15,212 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 15,212 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 25.6% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Benin peaked at 16,065 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 5,560 kg/ha, in 1963.
Benin ranks 105th of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,139 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,569 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1963 | 5,560 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 6,022 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 5,788 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1966 | 6,655 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1967 | 7,196 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1968 | 7,552 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 6,030 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1970 | 5,666 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1971 | 6,849 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1972 | 7,158 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 7,477 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 6,984 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1975 | 7,838 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1976 | 8,155 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 7,748 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1978 | 7,285 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1979 | 7,630 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 7,644 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 7,074 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1982 | 7,269 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 6,958 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1984 | 8,245 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1985 | 8,034 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 8,630 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1987 | 8,214 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1988 | 8,605 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 9,270 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 9,230 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 9,562 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 9,245 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 9,390 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 9,211 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 9,019 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 9,255 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 10,331 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1998 | 10,539 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 10,666 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 10,707 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 10,963 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 12,004 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2003 | 12,303 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 12,805 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 12,104 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 11,779 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 11,357 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 12,408 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2009 | 14,227 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2010 | 12,153 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2011 | 16,065 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 2012 | 14,192 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2013 | 14,159 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 14,085 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 12,325 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2016 | 13,604 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 13,663 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 13,466 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 14,082 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 12,575 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2021 | 12,013 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 11,694 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 12,107 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 15,212 kg/ha | +25.6% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 15,212 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13,513 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Benin's 15,212 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,054 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,279 kg/ha | 5,560 kg/ha | 7,552 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,279 kg/ha | 5,666 kg/ha | 8,155 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,994 kg/ha | 6,958 kg/ha | 9,270 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,645 kg/ha | 9,019 kg/ha | 10,666 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,066 kg/ha | 10,707 kg/ha | 14,227 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,780 kg/ha | 12,153 kg/ha | 16,065 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,720 kg/ha | 11,694 kg/ha | 15,212 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 102 Turkmenistan 15,306 kg/ha compare
- 103 Faroe Islands 15,250 kg/ha compare
- 104 Nepal 15,247 kg/ha compare
- 106 South Sudan 14,971 kg/ha compare
- 107 Réunion 14,602 kg/ha compare
- 108 Vanuatu 14,581 kg/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 — yield in Benin?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Benin was 15,212 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 16,065 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,560 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Benin rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Benin ranks 105th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. 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 — 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.