Taro — Yield in Benin
Benin: Taro — Yield was 12,500 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Yield in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — yield in Benin is 12,500 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 87.0% on the previous year and up 314.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Benin peaked at 12,500 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,500 kg/ha, in 1982.
Benin ranks 15th of 52 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,692 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 6,571 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 6,786 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 6,598 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 6,818 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 6,450 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1968 | 6,471 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 5,458 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1970 | 5,378 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 5,706 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 5,174 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1973 | 5,669 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1974 | 6,583 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1975 | 6,818 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 7,000 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 6,667 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1978 | 6,250 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1979 | 5,714 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1980 | 5,000 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1981 | 4,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1982 | 2,500 kg/ha | -37.5% |
| 1983 | 2,831 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1984 | 3,038 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1985 | 3,279 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1986 | 3,415 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 4,120 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1988 | 4,056 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 3,293 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1990 | 4,278 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 1991 | 4,254 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 4,500 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1993 | 4,571 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 4,663 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 4,067 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1996 | 4,680 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1997 | 3,709 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1998 | 4,087 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1999 | 4,462 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2000 | 3,803 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2001 | 4,134 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 3,940 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 3,915 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 3,503 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2005 | 2,878 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2006 | 2,936 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 3,052 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 2,895 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 2,704 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 3,086 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2011 | 8,408 kg/ha | +172.4% |
| 2012 | 5,754 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 2013 | 5,748 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 3,013 kg/ha | -47.6% |
| 2015 | 2,921 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 3,048 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 2,968 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 2,545 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2019 | 3,117 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 2020 | 3,019 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 3,399 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2022 | 3,291 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 6,683 kg/ha | +103.1% |
| 2024 | 12,500 kg/ha | +87.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 12,500 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7,771 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Benin's 12,500 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,621 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +172.4% | 3,086 kg/ha | 8,408 kg/ha |
| 2023 | +103.1% | 3,291 kg/ha | 6,683 kg/ha |
| 2024 | +87.0% | 6,683 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,501 kg/ha | 5,458 kg/ha | 6,818 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,096 kg/ha | 5,174 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,553 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,327 kg/ha | 3,709 kg/ha | 4,680 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,376 kg/ha | 2,704 kg/ha | 4,134 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,061 kg/ha | 2,545 kg/ha | 8,408 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,778 kg/ha | 3,019 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Benin?
- Taro — yield in Benin was 12,500 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 12,500 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does Benin rank for taro — yield?
- Benin ranks 15th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 314.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Taro — Yield. 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.