Sweet potatoes — Yield in Benin
Benin: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 9,126 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — yield in Benin is 9,126 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 18.0% on the previous year and up 52.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Benin peaked at 12,125 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2,056 kg/ha, in 2007.
Benin ranks 59th of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,949 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,496 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1963 | 2,402 kg/ha | -31.3% |
| 1964 | 4,362 kg/ha | +81.6% |
| 1965 | 3,454 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1966 | 3,552 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 3,458 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 3,671 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1969 | 3,898 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1970 | 4,139 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 3,549 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1972 | 3,415 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 4,067 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1974 | 4,024 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 4,000 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,103 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1981 | 4,592 kg/ha | +48.0% |
| 1982 | 4,891 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1983 | 4,809 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 4,780 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 4,767 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 5,251 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1987 | 4,412 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1988 | 5,170 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1989 | 5,184 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 4,946 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1991 | 5,137 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 4,694 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1993 | 5,589 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1994 | 5,312 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 5,100 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 5,457 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 5,411 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 4,950 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1999 | 6,325 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 2000 | 5,258 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2001 | 5,319 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 6,386 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 2003 | 4,856 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 2004 | 4,479 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2005 | 4,990 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2006 | 4,470 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2007 | 2,056 kg/ha | -54.0% |
| 2008 | 4,505 kg/ha | +119.1% |
| 2009 | 5,553 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 2010 | 4,198 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2011 | 6,046 kg/ha | +44.0% |
| 2012 | 5,122 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2013 | 5,122 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5,987 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2015 | 5,532 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2016 | 5,880 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 12,125 kg/ha | +106.2% |
| 2018 | 6,870 kg/ha | -43.3% |
| 2019 | 6,274 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2020 | 5,619 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2021 | 5,418 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 5,340 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 7,735 kg/ha | +44.8% |
| 2024 | 9,126 kg/ha | +18.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 9,126 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,839 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Benin's 9,126 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,417 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +119.1% | 2,056 kg/ha | 4,505 kg/ha |
| 2017 | +106.2% | 5,880 kg/ha | 12,125 kg/ha |
| 1964 | +81.6% | 2,402 kg/ha | 4,362 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,583 kg/ha | 2,402 kg/ha | 4,362 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,919 kg/ha | 3,415 kg/ha | 4,139 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,696 kg/ha | 3,103 kg/ha | 5,251 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,292 kg/ha | 4,694 kg/ha | 6,325 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,787 kg/ha | 2,056 kg/ha | 6,386 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,316 kg/ha | 4,198 kg/ha | 12,125 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,648 kg/ha | 5,340 kg/ha | 9,126 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 56 Dominican Republic 9,461 kg/ha compare
- 57 Puerto Rico 9,332 kg/ha compare
- 58 Paraguay 9,199 kg/ha compare
- 60 Fiji 9,000 kg/ha compare
- 61 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8,931 kg/ha compare
- 62 Myanmar 8,874 kg/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 sweet potatoes — yield in Benin?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Benin was 9,126 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 12,125 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,056 kg/ha in 2007.
- How does Benin rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Benin ranks 59th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.