Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 5 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Benin stood at 5 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Benin peaked at 2,958 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 5 ha, in 2015.
That places Benin 120th out of 139 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,342 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,358 ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 1,487 ha | -36.9% |
| 1964 | 2,310 ha | +55.3% |
| 1965 | 2,958 ha | +28.1% |
| 1966 | 2,097 ha | -29.1% |
| 1967 | 1,918 ha | -8.5% |
| 1968 | 1,616 ha | -15.7% |
| 1969 | 1,752 ha | +8.4% |
| 1970 | 1,562 ha | -10.8% |
| 1971 | 1,401 ha | -10.3% |
| 1972 | 1,531 ha | +9.3% |
| 1973 | 1,379 ha | -9.9% |
| 1974 | 1,429 ha | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 1,290 ha | -9.7% |
| 1976 | 584 ha | -54.7% |
| 1977 | 946 ha | +62.0% |
| 1978 | 1,049 ha | +10.9% |
| 1979 | 876 ha | -16.5% |
| 1980 | 485 ha | -44.6% |
| 1981 | 809 ha | +66.8% |
| 1982 | 408 ha | -49.6% |
| 1983 | 487 ha | +19.4% |
| 1984 | 487 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 865 ha | +77.6% |
| 1986 | 804 ha | -7.1% |
| 1987 | 549 ha | -31.7% |
| 1988 | 873 ha | +59.0% |
| 1989 | 512 ha | -41.4% |
| 1990 | 432 ha | -15.6% |
| 1991 | 465 ha | +7.6% |
| 1992 | 680 ha | +46.2% |
| 1993 | 435 ha | -36.0% |
| 1994 | 535 ha | +23.0% |
| 1995 | 537 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 714 ha | +33.0% |
| 1997 | 733 ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 930 ha | +26.9% |
| 1999 | 917 ha | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 1,007 ha | +9.8% |
| 2001 | 1,010 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1,078 ha | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 1,005 ha | -6.8% |
| 2004 | 874 ha | -13.0% |
| 2005 | 1,116 ha | +27.7% |
| 2006 | 788 ha | -29.4% |
| 2007 | 792 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 305 ha | -61.5% |
| 2009 | 143 ha | -53.1% |
| 2010 | 661 ha | +362.2% |
| 2011 | 528 ha | -20.1% |
| 2012 | 20 ha | -96.2% |
| 2013 | 28 ha | +40.0% |
| 2014 | 7 ha | -75.0% |
| 2015 | 5 ha | -28.6% |
| 2016 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,093 ha | 1,487 ha | 2,958 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,205 ha | 584 ha | 1,562 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 627.9 ha | 408 ha | 873 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 637.8 ha | 432 ha | 930 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 811.8 ha | 143 ha | 1,116 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 126.9 ha | 5 ha | 661 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 117 Israel 12 ha compare
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- 122 Cyprus 0 ha compare
- 122 Czechia 0 ha
- 122 Denmark 0 ha
- 122 Estonia 0 ha
- 122 Finland 0 ha
- 122 Guadeloupe 0 ha compare
- 122 Latvia 0 ha
- 122 Lithuania 0 ha
- 122 Luxembourg 0 ha
- 122 Malta 0 ha
- 122 Mauritius 0 ha compare
- 122 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 ha
- 122 New Zealand 0 ha compare
- 122 Portugal 0 ha compare
- 122 Senegal 0 ha compare
- 122 Singapore 0 ha compare
- 122 Slovenia 0 ha
- 122 Sweden 0 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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Benin?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Benin was 5 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 2,958 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 ha in 2015.
- How does Benin rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 120th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.6%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested. 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.