Taro — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Taro — Area harvested was 391 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — area harvested in Benin stood at 391 ha.
That represents a change of down 25.7% on the previous year and down 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Benin peaked at 2,800 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 124 ha, in 1983.
Benin ranks 34th of 52 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.
Taro — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,600 ha | +116.7% |
| 1963 | 2,800 ha | +7.7% |
| 1964 | 1,400 ha | -50.0% |
| 1965 | 970 ha | -30.7% |
| 1966 | 1,100 ha | +13.4% |
| 1967 | 2,000 ha | +81.8% |
| 1968 | 1,700 ha | -15.0% |
| 1969 | 2,400 ha | +41.2% |
| 1970 | 2,700 ha | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 1,140 ha | -57.8% |
| 1972 | 1,150 ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 1,404 ha | +22.1% |
| 1974 | 1,200 ha | -14.5% |
| 1975 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 1976 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1977 | 900 ha | -10.0% |
| 1978 | 800 ha | -11.1% |
| 1979 | 700 ha | -12.5% |
| 1980 | 600 ha | -14.3% |
| 1981 | 500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1982 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1983 | 124 ha | -69.0% |
| 1984 | 315 ha | +154.0% |
| 1985 | 348 ha | +10.5% |
| 1986 | 520 ha | +49.4% |
| 1987 | 385 ha | -26.0% |
| 1988 | 567 ha | +47.3% |
| 1989 | 683 ha | +20.5% |
| 1990 | 798 ha | +16.8% |
| 1991 | 622 ha | -22.1% |
| 1992 | 600 ha | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 1994 | 810 ha | +15.7% |
| 1995 | 745 ha | -8.0% |
| 1996 | 796 ha | +6.8% |
| 1997 | 996 ha | +25.1% |
| 1998 | 919 ha | -7.7% |
| 1999 | 1,020 ha | +11.0% |
| 2000 | 925 ha | -9.3% |
| 2001 | 745 ha | -19.5% |
| 2002 | 814 ha | +9.3% |
| 2003 | 767 ha | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 851 ha | +11.0% |
| 2005 | 834 ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 720 ha | -13.7% |
| 2007 | 1,049 ha | +45.7% |
| 2008 | 1,013 ha | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 953 ha | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 475 ha | -50.2% |
| 2011 | 223 ha | -53.1% |
| 2012 | 471 ha | +111.2% |
| 2013 | 453 ha | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 519 ha | +14.6% |
| 2015 | 559 ha | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 518 ha | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 577 ha | +11.4% |
| 2018 | 420 ha | -27.2% |
| 2019 | 588 ha | +40.0% |
| 2020 | 608 ha | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 567 ha | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 715 ha | +26.1% |
| 2023 | 526 ha | -26.4% |
| 2024 | 391 ha | -25.7% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 391 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,710 ha, 23% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Benin's 391 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,423 ha, 3% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +154.0% | 124 ha | 315 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,797 ha | 970 ha | 2,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,209 ha | 700 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 444.2 ha | 124 ha | 683 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 800.6 ha | 600 ha | 1,020 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 867.1 ha | 720 ha | 1,049 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 480.3 ha | 223 ha | 588 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 561.4 ha | 391 ha | 715 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
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 taro — area harvested in Benin?
- Taro — area harvested in Benin was 391 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 2,800 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 124 ha in 1983.
- How does Benin rank for taro — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 34th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.7%. 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 Taro — 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.