Sugar cane — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 2,389 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 2,389 ha for sugar cane — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.0% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Benin peaked at 2,769 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Benin ranks 76th of 103 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — 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 | 238 ha | — |
| 1986 | 202 ha | -15.1% |
| 1987 | 406 ha | +101.0% |
| 1988 | 635 ha | +56.4% |
| 1989 | 625 ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 736 ha | +17.8% |
| 1991 | 685 ha | -6.9% |
| 1992 | 920 ha | +34.3% |
| 1993 | 943 ha | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 1,042 ha | +10.5% |
| 1995 | 406 ha | -61.0% |
| 1996 | 785 ha | +93.3% |
| 1997 | 1,054 ha | +34.3% |
| 1998 | 1,549 ha | +47.0% |
| 1999 | 1,300 ha | -16.1% |
| 2000 | 1,393 ha | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 1,708 ha | +22.6% |
| 2002 | 1,683 ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 1,788 ha | +6.2% |
| 2004 | 1,922 ha | +7.5% |
| 2005 | 1,834 ha | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 1,741 ha | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 1,461 ha | -16.1% |
| 2008 | 1,876 ha | +28.4% |
| 2009 | 2,026 ha | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 2,469 ha | +21.9% |
| 2011 | 1,448 ha | -41.4% |
| 2012 | 2,081 ha | +43.7% |
| 2013 | 1,860 ha | -10.6% |
| 2014 | 2,155 ha | +15.9% |
| 2015 | 2,769 ha | +28.5% |
| 2016 | 2,519 ha | -9.0% |
| 2017 | 2,202 ha | -12.6% |
| 2018 | 2,207 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,214 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 2,221 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 2,223 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,225 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,232 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 2,389 ha | +7.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 2,389 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32,772 ha, 7% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Benin's 2,389 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,222 ha, 13% of the median. (32 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 | 210.6 ha | 0 ha | 635 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 942 ha | 406 ha | 1,549 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,743 ha | 1,393 ha | 2,026 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,192 ha | 1,448 ha | 2,769 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,258 ha | 2,221 ha | 2,389 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 73 Martinique 3,500 ha compare
- 74 Chad 3,360 ha compare
- 75 Bahamas 2,564 ha compare
- 77 Suriname 2,250 ha compare
- 78 Puerto Rico 2,000 ha compare
- 79 Afghanistan 1,947 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Benin?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Benin was 2,389 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 2,769 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 76th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.