Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Benin
Benin: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0009 ha per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.0009 ha per person for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.0% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Benin peaked at 0.0067 ha per person in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.0007 ha per person, in 2023.
That places Benin 36th out of 99 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0029 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0067 ha per person | +134.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0056 ha per person | -16.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0018 ha per person | -67.6% |
| 1965 | 0.004 ha per person | +119.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0048 ha per person | +19.4% |
| 1967 | 0.005 ha per person | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 0.0056 ha per person | +11.5% |
| 1969 | 0.0061 ha per person | +9.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0058 ha per person | -5.2% |
| 1971 | 0.0049 ha per person | -16.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0046 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 1973 | 0.004 ha per person | -12.1% |
| 1974 | 0.0038 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 1975 | 0.004 ha per person | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 0.004 ha per person | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0041 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 0.0043 ha per person | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0039 ha per person | -8.7% |
| 1980 | 0.003 ha per person | -24.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0016 ha per person | -45.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0013 ha per person | -17.9% |
| 1983 | 0.0015 ha per person | +12.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0016 ha per person | +10.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0018 ha per person | +9.3% |
| 1986 | 0.0014 ha per person | -20.6% |
| 1987 | 0.0014 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 0.0016 ha per person | +17.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0014 ha per person | -14.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0013 ha per person | -9.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0011 ha per person | -8.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0013 ha per person | +13.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0012 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0015 ha per person | +16.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0016 ha per person | +7.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0018 ha per person | +13.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0016 ha per person | -9.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0012 ha per person | -24.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0016 ha per person | +27.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0017 ha per person | +11.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0014 ha per person | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0017 ha per person | +18.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0013 ha per person | -22.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0014 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0015 ha per person | +11.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0016 ha per person | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0037 ha per person | +128.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0018 ha per person | -52.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0012 ha per person | -31.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0019 ha per person | +55.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0008 ha per person | -57.2% |
| 2012 | 0.001 ha per person | +22.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0012 ha per person | +22.3% |
| 2014 | 0.001 ha per person | -17.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0009 ha per person | -11.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0008 ha per person | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0008 ha per person | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0008 ha per person | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0007 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0008 ha per person | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0007 ha per person | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0008 ha per person | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0007 ha per person | -7.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0009 ha per person | +20.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +134.3% | 0.0029 ha per person | 0.0067 ha per person |
| 2007 | +128.9% | 0.0016 ha per person | 0.0037 ha per person |
| 1965 | +119.7% | 0.0018 ha per person | 0.004 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0047 ha per person | 0.0018 ha per person | 0.0067 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0043 ha per person | 0.0038 ha per person | 0.0058 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0017 ha per person | 0.0013 ha per person | 0.003 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0014 ha per person | 0.0011 ha per person | 0.0018 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0017 ha per person | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.0037 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.001 ha per person | 0.0007 ha per person | 0.0019 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0008 ha per person | 0.0007 ha per person | 0.0009 ha per person | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Benin?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Benin was 0.0009 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0067 ha per person in 1962.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0007 ha per person in 2023.
- How does Benin rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Benin ranks 36th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.