Sesame seed — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 12,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — area harvested in Benin stood at 12,000 ha.
That represents a change of up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Benin peaked at 17,296 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Benin 40th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1968 | 4,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1969 | 6,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1970 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 8,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1972 | 4,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1973 | 2,500 ha | -37.5% |
| 1974 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,200 ha | -12.0% |
| 1976 | 2,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 1977 | 2,400 ha | -4.0% |
| 1978 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1981 | 5,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1982 | 11,496 ha | +129.9% |
| 1983 | 6,846 ha | -40.4% |
| 1984 | 5,944 ha | -13.2% |
| 1985 | 7,551 ha | +27.0% |
| 1986 | 9,842 ha | +30.3% |
| 1987 | 3,950 ha | -59.9% |
| 1988 | 6,969 ha | +76.4% |
| 1989 | 5,942 ha | -14.7% |
| 1990 | 7,913 ha | +33.2% |
| 1991 | 10,027 ha | +26.7% |
| 1992 | 10,016 ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 10,500 ha | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 10,915 ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 14,155 ha | +29.7% |
| 1996 | 12,783 ha | -9.7% |
| 1997 | 15,861 ha | +24.1% |
| 1998 | 14,460 ha | -8.8% |
| 1999 | 15,021 ha | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 16,032 ha | +6.7% |
| 2001 | 15,511 ha | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 17,296 ha | +11.5% |
| 2003 | 16,746 ha | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 16,124 ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 16,360 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 9,575 ha | -41.5% |
| 2007 | 12,000 ha | +25.3% |
| 2008 | 14,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 2009 | 13,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 13,491 ha | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 16,000 ha | +18.6% |
| 2014 | 11,000 ha | -31.2% |
| 2015 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2016 | 11,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2019 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 12,000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,856 ha, 93% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Benin's 12,000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 41,975 ha, 29% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +129.9% | 5,000 ha | 11,496 ha |
| 1981 | +100.0% | 2,500 ha | 5,000 ha |
| 1988 | +76.4% | 3,950 ha | 6,969 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,778 ha | 2,000 ha | 6,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,490 ha | 2,200 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,604 ha | 2,500 ha | 11,496 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,165 ha | 7,913 ha | 15,861 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,664 ha | 9,575 ha | 17,296 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,649 ha | 11,000 ha | 16,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 12,000 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 sesame seed — area harvested in Benin?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Benin was 12,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 17,296 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 40th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. 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 Sesame seed — Area harvested. 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.