Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Benin
Benin: Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 1.35 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Benin is 1.35 million An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.4% on the previous year and up 332.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Benin peaked at 1.70 million An in 2021 and was at its lowest, 75,000 An, in 1961.
That places Benin 62nd out of 191 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 132,878 An | 75,000 An | 167,853 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 234,419 An | 174,090 An | 280,314 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 301,268 An | 250,000 An | 382,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 230,144 An | 185,000 An | 267,800 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 252,265 An | 229,745 An | 294,580 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 356,433 An | 297,700 An | 749,122 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.41 million An | 1.27 million An | 1.70 million An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- Agriculture share gdp 22.92 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 22.92 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 52.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
- Rural population 46.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 6.91 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 22.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 20,973 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Benin?
- Sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Benin was 1.35 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 1.70 million An in 2021.
- What is the lowest sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 75,000 An in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Benin ranks 62nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 332.2%. 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 Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.