Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Benin
Benin: Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 624.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Benin stood at 624.6 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Benin peaked at 959.7 kg/ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 279.3 kg/ha, in 1978.
Benin ranks 115th of 128 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 312.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 352 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1963 | 330.9 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1964 | 310.8 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1965 | 336 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1966 | 372 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1967 | 452 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1968 | 500.6 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1969 | 574.2 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1970 | 560.8 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 710.9 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1972 | 751.8 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1973 | 916.6 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1974 | 874 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1975 | 959.7 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1976 | 431.5 kg/ha | -55.0% |
| 1977 | 464.1 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1978 | 279.3 kg/ha | -39.8% |
| 1979 | 629 kg/ha | +125.2% |
| 1980 | 742.3 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1981 | 885 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1982 | 546.6 kg/ha | -38.2% |
| 1983 | 398.4 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 1984 | 540 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 1985 | 519.1 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1986 | 536.1 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 469.9 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1988 | 468.5 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 628.9 kg/ha | +34.2% |
| 1990 | 594.9 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1991 | 584.9 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 675 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1993 | 547.1 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1994 | 631.8 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1995 | 562.4 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1996 | 610.6 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1997 | 545.7 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1998 | 626.9 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1999 | 765.5 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2000 | 674.3 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2001 | 614.9 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2002 | 688.3 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2003 | 858.7 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 2004 | 879.9 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 924.7 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 615.5 kg/ha | -33.4% |
| 2007 | 863.6 kg/ha | +40.3% |
| 2008 | 668.9 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 2009 | 650.3 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 711 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 755.7 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 750 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 733 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 733 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 600 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 2017 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 647 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2019 | 616 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 621.2 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 628.2 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 621.8 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 623.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 624.6 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 393.4 kg/ha | 310.8 kg/ha | 574.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 657.77 kg/ha | 279.3 kg/ha | 959.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 573.48 kg/ha | 398.4 kg/ha | 885 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 614.48 kg/ha | 545.7 kg/ha | 765.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 743.91 kg/ha | 614.9 kg/ha | 924.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 689.57 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 755.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 623.9 kg/ha | 621.2 kg/ha | 628.2 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 22.92 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 22.92 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 52.9% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Benin?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Benin was 624.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 959.7 kg/ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 279.3 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Benin rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- Benin ranks 115th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.