Soya beans — Production in Benin
Benin: Soya beans — Production was 652,454 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Production in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — production in Benin is 652,454 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 25.2% on the previous year and up 554.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — production in Benin peaked at 652,454 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
Benin ranks 15th of 108 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 — Production in Benin, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 0 t | — |
| 1965 | 0 t | — |
| 1966 | 0 t | — |
| 1967 | 0 t | — |
| 1968 | 0 t | — |
| 1969 | 0 t | — |
| 1970 | 0 t | — |
| 1971 | 0 t | — |
| 1972 | 0 t | — |
| 1973 | 0 t | — |
| 1974 | 0 t | — |
| 1975 | 0 t | — |
| 1976 | 0 t | — |
| 1977 | 0 t | — |
| 1978 | 0 t | — |
| 1979 | 0 t | — |
| 1980 | 0 t | — |
| 1981 | 0 t | — |
| 1982 | 0 t | — |
| 1983 | 0 t | — |
| 1984 | 0 t | — |
| 1985 | 93 t | — |
| 1986 | 91 t | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 113 t | +24.2% |
| 1988 | 183 t | +61.9% |
| 1989 | 318 t | +73.8% |
| 1990 | 347 t | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 396 t | +14.1% |
| 1992 | 562 t | +41.9% |
| 1993 | 800 t | +42.3% |
| 1994 | 1,429 t | +78.6% |
| 1995 | 1,003 t | -29.8% |
| 1996 | 1,279 t | +27.5% |
| 1997 | 1,203 t | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 2,107 t | +75.1% |
| 1999 | 3,444 t | +63.5% |
| 2000 | 4,296 t | +24.7% |
| 2001 | 3,543 t | -17.5% |
| 2002 | 4,744 t | +33.9% |
| 2003 | 6,812 t | +43.6% |
| 2004 | 5,525 t | -18.9% |
| 2005 | 9,190 t | +66.3% |
| 2006 | 5,473 t | -40.4% |
| 2007 | 13,572 t | +148.0% |
| 2008 | 32,466 t | +139.2% |
| 2009 | 57,307 t | +76.5% |
| 2010 | 62,987 t | +9.9% |
| 2011 | 67,154 t | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 71,246 t | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 75,153 t | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 99,738 t | +32.7% |
| 2015 | 139,909 t | +40.3% |
| 2016 | 156,901 t | +12.1% |
| 2017 | 164,761 t | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 221,977 t | +34.7% |
| 2019 | 257,000 t | +15.8% |
| 2020 | 253,954 t | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 291,279 t | +14.7% |
| 2022 | 306,198 t | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 520,929 t | +70.1% |
| 2024 | 652,454 t | +25.2% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 652,454 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 48,928 t, 13.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Benin's 652,454 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 93,345 t, 7.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 79.8 t | 0 t | 318 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,257 t | 347 t | 3,444 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,293 t | 3,543 t | 57,307 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 131,683 t | 62,987 t | 257,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 404,963 t | 253,954 t | 652,454 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 12 Nigeria 1.15 million t compare
- 13 Italy 1.13 million t compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11,057 t compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,879 t compare
- 14 USSR 814,000 t compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 3,610 t compare
- 16 France 398,540 t compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 860.62 t compare
- 17 Serbia and Montenegro 368,023 t compare
- 17 Polynesia 11.47 t compare
- 18 Serbia 346,808 t 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 — production in Benin?
- Soya beans — production in Benin was 652,454 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — production recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 652,454 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — production recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for soya beans — production?
- Benin ranks 15th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — production rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 554.2%. 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 Soya beans — Production. 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.