Sorghum — Yield in Benin
Benin: Sorghum — Yield was 1,315 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 1,315 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 50.9% on the previous year and up 33.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Benin peaked at 1,499 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 483.1 kg/ha, in 1970.
Benin ranks 60th of 111 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.
Sorghum — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 497.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 517.3 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 578.5 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1964 | 522.5 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1965 | 539.2 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 504.5 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1967 | 527.6 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 555.1 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1969 | 555.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 483.1 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1971 | 681.9 kg/ha | +41.2% |
| 1972 | 615.8 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1973 | 669.7 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1974 | 688.7 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 889.7 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 1976 | 747.3 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1977 | 771.5 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 654.8 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1979 | 718.9 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1980 | 626.6 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1981 | 605.9 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1982 | 643.8 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1983 | 535.2 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1984 | 747.7 kg/ha | +39.7% |
| 1985 | 743.6 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 803.4 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1987 | 770.2 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1988 | 733.3 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 771.8 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 730.7 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1991 | 781.8 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 768.7 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 763.7 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 777.8 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 820.5 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 762 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1997 | 806.1 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 824.5 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 818 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 879.6 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2001 | 905.3 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 945.8 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 940 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 903.8 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 937.1 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 924.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 865.6 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 974.7 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2009 | 1,023 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 1,499 kg/ha | +46.6% |
| 2011 | 1,191 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 2012 | 1,345 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2013 | 1,345 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 987.5 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 2015 | 985.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 983 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 990.7 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 1,090 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2019 | 1,059 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 1,100 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 1,007 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2022 | 976 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 871.8 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2024 | 1,315 kg/ha | +50.9% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 1,315 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Benin's 1,315 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +50.9% | 871.8 kg/ha | 1,315 kg/ha |
| 2010 | +46.6% | 1,023 kg/ha | 1,499 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 533.1 kg/ha | 497.4 kg/ha | 578.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 692.14 kg/ha | 483.1 kg/ha | 889.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 698.15 kg/ha | 535.2 kg/ha | 803.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 785.38 kg/ha | 730.7 kg/ha | 824.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 929.9 kg/ha | 865.6 kg/ha | 1,023 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,148 kg/ha | 983 kg/ha | 1,499 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,054 kg/ha | 871.8 kg/ha | 1,315 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 57 Guinea 1,444 kg/ha compare
- 58 Dominican Republic 1,406 kg/ha compare
- 59 Botswana 1,325 kg/ha compare
- 61 Bangladesh 1,271 kg/ha compare
- 62 Russian Federation 1,268 kg/ha compare
- 63 Ghana 1,260 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 sorghum — yield in Benin?
- Sorghum — yield in Benin was 1,315 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 1,499 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 483.1 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Benin rank for sorghum — yield?
- Benin ranks 60th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.2%. 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 — 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.