Soya beans — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Soya beans — Area harvested was 638,098 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 638,098 ha for soya beans — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.0% on the previous year and up 552.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Benin peaked at 638,098 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Benin ranks 14th of 107 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 158 ha | — |
| 1986 | 140 ha | -11.4% |
| 1987 | 159 ha | +13.6% |
| 1988 | 304 ha | +91.2% |
| 1989 | 456 ha | +50.0% |
| 1990 | 531 ha | +16.4% |
| 1991 | 689 ha | +29.8% |
| 1992 | 854 ha | +23.9% |
| 1993 | 1,200 ha | +40.5% |
| 1994 | 2,466 ha | +105.5% |
| 1995 | 1,474 ha | -40.2% |
| 1996 | 2,008 ha | +36.2% |
| 1997 | 1,739 ha | -13.4% |
| 1998 | 2,964 ha | +70.4% |
| 1999 | 4,210 ha | +42.0% |
| 2000 | 5,140 ha | +22.1% |
| 2001 | 4,533 ha | -11.8% |
| 2002 | 6,591 ha | +45.4% |
| 2003 | 6,954 ha | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 10,175 ha | +46.3% |
| 2005 | 11,419 ha | +12.2% |
| 2006 | 19,379 ha | +69.7% |
| 2007 | 25,023 ha | +29.1% |
| 2008 | 37,041 ha | +48.0% |
| 2009 | 64,093 ha | +73.0% |
| 2010 | 70,935 ha | +10.7% |
| 2011 | 74,649 ha | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 79,714 ha | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 84,086 ha | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 97,783 ha | +16.3% |
| 2015 | 152,138 ha | +55.6% |
| 2016 | 153,162 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 156,555 ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 199,844 ha | +27.7% |
| 2019 | 192,412 ha | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 203,572 ha | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 232,951 ha | +14.4% |
| 2022 | 281,095 ha | +20.7% |
| 2023 | 518,961 ha | +84.6% |
| 2024 | 638,098 ha | +23.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 638,098 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 30,000 ha, 21.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Benin's 638,098 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 69,324 ha, 9.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 121.7 ha | 0 ha | 456 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,814 ha | 531 ha | 4,210 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,035 ha | 4,533 ha | 64,093 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 126,128 ha | 70,935 ha | 199,844 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 374,935 ha | 203,572 ha | 638,098 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 11 Nigeria 1.13 million ha compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 25,879 ha compare
- 12 Uruguay 950,000 ha compare
- 13 USSR 808,000 ha compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5,867 ha compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,042 ha compare
- 15 Italy 336,740 ha compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 1,750 ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 1,080 ha compare
- 16 Togo 281,684 ha compare
- 17 Malawi 260,000 ha compare
- 17 Polynesia 6 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 soya beans — area harvested in Benin?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Benin was 638,098 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 638,098 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 14th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 552.6%. 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 Soya beans — 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.