Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Benin
Benin: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.0888 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Benin, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.0888 ha per square kilometre for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2023.
The figure is down 5.5% on the previous year and down 22.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Benin peaked at 0.2928 ha per square kilometre in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.0435 ha per square kilometre, in 1964.
That places Benin 34th out of 99 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0649 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.1547 ha per square kilometre | +138.4% |
| 1963 | 0.132 ha per square kilometre | -14.7% |
| 1964 | 0.0435 ha per square kilometre | -67.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0976 ha per square kilometre | +124.1% |
| 1966 | 0.1188 ha per square kilometre | +21.8% |
| 1967 | 0.1277 ha per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 1968 | 0.1454 ha per square kilometre | +13.9% |
| 1969 | 0.1623 ha per square kilometre | +11.6% |
| 1970 | 0.1573 ha per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 0.135 ha per square kilometre | -14.2% |
| 1972 | 0.1307 ha per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 1973 | 0.1176 ha per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 1974 | 0.114 ha per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 1975 | 0.1219 ha per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 0.1264 ha per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 0.133 ha per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 0.1419 ha per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 0.133 ha per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 0.1038 ha per square kilometre | -22.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0577 ha per square kilometre | -44.4% |
| 1982 | 0.0488 ha per square kilometre | -15.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0565 ha per square kilometre | +15.9% |
| 1984 | 0.0645 ha per square kilometre | +14.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0726 ha per square kilometre | +12.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0593 ha per square kilometre | -18.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0596 ha per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0723 ha per square kilometre | +21.4% |
| 1989 | 0.0635 ha per square kilometre | -12.2% |
| 1990 | 0.059 ha per square kilometre | -7.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0554 ha per square kilometre | -6.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0647 ha per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 1993 | 0.065 ha per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0787 ha per square kilometre | +21.1% |
| 1995 | 0.086 ha per square kilometre | +9.3% |
| 1996 | 0.1 ha per square kilometre | +16.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0937 ha per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0732 ha per square kilometre | -21.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0965 ha per square kilometre | +31.9% |
| 2000 | 0.1106 ha per square kilometre | +14.6% |
| 2001 | 0.095 ha per square kilometre | -14.1% |
| 2002 | 0.1164 ha per square kilometre | +22.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0933 ha per square kilometre | -19.8% |
| 2004 | 0.099 ha per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 0.1137 ha per square kilometre | +14.9% |
| 2006 | 0.1242 ha per square kilometre | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 0.2928 ha per square kilometre | +135.7% |
| 2008 | 0.1435 ha per square kilometre | -51.0% |
| 2009 | 0.1017 ha per square kilometre | -29.1% |
| 2010 | 0.1632 ha per square kilometre | +60.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0719 ha per square kilometre | -56.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0904 ha per square kilometre | +25.7% |
| 2013 | 0.1139 ha per square kilometre | +26.0% |
| 2014 | 0.097 ha per square kilometre | -14.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0888 ha per square kilometre | -8.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0877 ha per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0849 ha per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0835 ha per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.084 ha per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0898 ha per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0882 ha per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.094 ha per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0888 ha per square kilometre | -5.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 | +138.4% | 0.0649 ha per square kilometre | 0.1547 ha per square kilometre |
| 2007 | +135.7% | 0.1242 ha per square kilometre | 0.2928 ha per square kilometre |
| 1965 | +124.1% | 0.0435 ha per square kilometre | 0.0976 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1163 ha per square kilometre | 0.0435 ha per square kilometre | 0.1623 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1311 ha per square kilometre | 0.114 ha per square kilometre | 0.1573 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0659 ha per square kilometre | 0.0488 ha per square kilometre | 0.1038 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0772 ha per square kilometre | 0.0554 ha per square kilometre | 0.1 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.129 ha per square kilometre | 0.0933 ha per square kilometre | 0.2928 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0965 ha per square kilometre | 0.0719 ha per square kilometre | 0.1632 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0902 ha per square kilometre | 0.0882 ha per square kilometre | 0.094 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 31 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1269 ha per square kilometre compare
- 32 Mozambique 0.1217 ha per square kilometre compare
- 33 Kenya 0.0937 ha per square kilometre compare
- 35 Eswatini 0.0881 ha per square kilometre compare
- 36 Japan 0.0878 ha per square kilometre compare
- 37 Fiji 0.086 ha per square kilometre 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Benin?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Benin was 0.0888 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2928 ha per square kilometre in 2007.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0435 ha per square kilometre in 1964.
- How does Benin rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Benin ranks 34th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.