Sorghum — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Sorghum — Area harvested was 212,347 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Benin is 212,347 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 23.0% on the previous year and up 109.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Benin peaked at 292,898 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 57,970 ha, in 1975.
Benin ranks 30th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 123,045 ha | — |
| 1962 | 107,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1963 | 108,894 ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 108,340 ha | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 109,400 ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 96,600 ha | -11.7% |
| 1967 | 109,500 ha | +13.4% |
| 1968 | 105,566 ha | -3.6% |
| 1969 | 114,165 ha | +8.1% |
| 1970 | 88,320 ha | -22.6% |
| 1971 | 70,956 ha | -19.7% |
| 1972 | 80,907 ha | +14.0% |
| 1973 | 116,882 ha | +44.5% |
| 1974 | 115,051 ha | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 57,970 ha | -49.6% |
| 1976 | 95,909 ha | +65.4% |
| 1977 | 98,087 ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 94,631 ha | -3.5% |
| 1979 | 87,855 ha | -7.2% |
| 1980 | 89,276 ha | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 94,055 ha | +5.4% |
| 1982 | 93,837 ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 105,978 ha | +12.9% |
| 1984 | 110,958 ha | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 110,738 ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 110,668 ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 117,780 ha | +6.4% |
| 1988 | 132,812 ha | +12.8% |
| 1989 | 137,849 ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 135,528 ha | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 147,162 ha | +8.6% |
| 1992 | 143,432 ha | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 138,341 ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 145,001 ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 142,844 ha | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 144,698 ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 149,086 ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 167,880 ha | +12.6% |
| 1999 | 154,564 ha | -7.9% |
| 2000 | 176,533 ha | +14.2% |
| 2001 | 182,644 ha | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 193,106 ha | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 173,695 ha | -10.1% |
| 2004 | 181,269 ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 180,594 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 143,947 ha | -20.3% |
| 2007 | 135,531 ha | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 145,699 ha | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 121,169 ha | -16.8% |
| 2010 | 112,105 ha | -7.5% |
| 2011 | 111,874 ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 106,903 ha | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 65,482 ha | -38.7% |
| 2014 | 101,513 ha | +55.0% |
| 2015 | 131,553 ha | +29.6% |
| 2016 | 131,906 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 139,697 ha | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 292,898 ha | +109.7% |
| 2019 | 151,065 ha | -48.4% |
| 2020 | 134,693 ha | -10.8% |
| 2021 | 132,115 ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 127,291 ha | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 172,587 ha | +35.6% |
| 2024 | 212,347 ha | +23.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 212,347 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 28,421 ha, 7.5× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Benin's 212,347 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 225,850 ha, 94% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +109.7% | 139,697 ha | 292,898 ha |
| 1976 | +65.4% | 57,970 ha | 95,909 ha |
| 2014 | +55.0% | 65,482 ha | 101,513 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 109,168 ha | 96,600 ha | 123,045 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 90,657 ha | 57,970 ha | 116,882 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 110,395 ha | 89,276 ha | 137,849 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 146,854 ha | 135,528 ha | 167,880 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 163,419 ha | 121,169 ha | 193,106 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 134,500 ha | 65,482 ha | 292,898 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 155,807 ha | 127,291 ha | 212,347 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 sorghum — area harvested in Benin?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Benin was 212,347 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 292,898 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 57,970 ha in 1975.
- How does Benin rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 30th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 109.2%. 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 Sorghum — 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.