Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Benin
Benin: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 1,188 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for seed cotton, unginned — yield in Benin is 1,188 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Benin peaked at 1,788 kg/ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 120.4 kg/ha, in 1961.
Benin ranks 51st of 94 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.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 120.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 180 kg/ha | +49.5% |
| 1963 | 192 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 277 kg/ha | +44.3% |
| 1965 | 279.6 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 306.1 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1967 | 413.1 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 1968 | 576 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 1969 | 751.4 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 1970 | 934.5 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1971 | 873.4 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1972 | 1,055 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1973 | 815 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1974 | 632.4 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1975 | 753.6 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1976 | 836.5 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1977 | 789.2 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1978 | 713.3 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1979 | 849.9 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1980 | 662.5 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1981 | 777.4 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1982 | 1,146 kg/ha | +47.4% |
| 1983 | 1,121 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 1,560 kg/ha | +39.1% |
| 1985 | 1,068 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 1986 | 1,293 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1987 | 1,020 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1988 | 1,114 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1989 | 1,145 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 1,192 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 1,170 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 1,201 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 1,788 kg/ha | +48.9% |
| 1994 | 1,394 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1995 | 1,330 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 1,199 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1997 | 1,006 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1998 | 965 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 1,014 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 1,064 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 1,228 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2002 | 1,228 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,187 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 1,362 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2005 | 998.2 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 2006 | 1,042 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 1,146 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 1,059 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2009 | 1,104 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 999.1 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2011 | 1,274 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 2012 | 716.2 kg/ha | -43.8% |
| 2013 | 885.7 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 2014 | 941.4 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 877.5 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2016 | 1,077 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2017 | 1,128 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 1,059 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 1,067 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 1,179 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2021 | 1,197 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 1,026 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2023 | 1,176 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2024 | 1,188 kg/ha | +1.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 1,188 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,339 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Benin's 1,188 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 972 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 343.96 kg/ha | 120.4 kg/ha | 751.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 825.32 kg/ha | 632.4 kg/ha | 1,055 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,091 kg/ha | 662.5 kg/ha | 1,560 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,226 kg/ha | 965 kg/ha | 1,788 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,142 kg/ha | 998.2 kg/ha | 1,362 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,002 kg/ha | 716.2 kg/ha | 1,274 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,153 kg/ha | 1,026 kg/ha | 1,197 kg/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 seed cotton, unginned — yield in Benin?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Benin was 1,188 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 1,788 kg/ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 120.4 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Benin ranks 51st out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.1%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — 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.