Yams — Area harvested in Benin
Benin: Yams — Area harvested was 209,313 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Benin recorded 209,313 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 32.0% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Benin peaked at 307,861 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 42,000 ha, in 1974.
That places Benin 3rd out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Area harvested in Benin, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 69,138 ha | — |
| 1962 | 58,294 ha | -15.7% |
| 1963 | 56,576 ha | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 58,719 ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 60,550 ha | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 53,667 ha | -11.4% |
| 1967 | 58,260 ha | +8.6% |
| 1968 | 63,337 ha | +8.7% |
| 1969 | 56,112 ha | -11.4% |
| 1970 | 60,204 ha | +7.3% |
| 1971 | 49,488 ha | -17.8% |
| 1972 | 52,200 ha | +5.5% |
| 1973 | 43,871 ha | -16.0% |
| 1974 | 42,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1975 | 44,950 ha | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 63,100 ha | +40.4% |
| 1977 | 59,518 ha | -5.7% |
| 1978 | 69,243 ha | +16.3% |
| 1979 | 67,398 ha | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 71,434 ha | +6.0% |
| 1981 | 79,358 ha | +11.1% |
| 1982 | 79,882 ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 83,918 ha | +5.1% |
| 1984 | 80,548 ha | -4.0% |
| 1985 | 75,425 ha | -6.4% |
| 1986 | 80,212 ha | +6.3% |
| 1987 | 81,259 ha | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 87,408 ha | +7.6% |
| 1989 | 89,022 ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 93,863 ha | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 103,320 ha | +10.1% |
| 1992 | 106,112 ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 110,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 115,326 ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 117,255 ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 130,728 ha | +11.5% |
| 1997 | 130,488 ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 144,650 ha | +10.9% |
| 1999 | 145,368 ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 155,831 ha | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 155,733 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 173,624 ha | +11.5% |
| 2003 | 166,921 ha | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 172,739 ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 177,977 ha | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 144,869 ha | -18.6% |
| 2007 | 154,320 ha | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 180,727 ha | +17.1% |
| 2009 | 167,918 ha | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 201,194 ha | +19.8% |
| 2011 | 182,203 ha | -9.4% |
| 2012 | 200,395 ha | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 210,947 ha | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 214,054 ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 202,605 ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 205,658 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 219,021 ha | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 216,592 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 235,331 ha | +8.7% |
| 2020 | 228,998 ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 250,000 ha | +9.2% |
| 2022 | 251,727 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 307,861 ha | +22.3% |
| 2024 | 209,313 ha | -32.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 209,313 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,684 ha, 31.3× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Benin's 209,313 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,822 ha, 26.8× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 59,406 ha | 53,667 ha | 69,138 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 55,197 ha | 42,000 ha | 69,243 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 80,847 ha | 71,434 ha | 89,022 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 119,711 ha | 93,863 ha | 145,368 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 165,066 ha | 144,869 ha | 180,727 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 208,800 ha | 182,203 ha | 235,331 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 249,580 ha | 209,313 ha | 307,861 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 yams — area harvested in Benin?
- Yams — area harvested in Benin was 209,313 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 307,861 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,000 ha in 1974.
- How does Benin rank for yams — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 3rd out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. 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 Yams — 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.