Yams — Yield in Benin
Benin: Yams — Yield was 16,021 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — yield in Benin is 16,021 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 48.5% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Benin peaked at 16,021 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,391 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Benin 11th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Yield in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,883 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,483 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1963 | 8,763 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 9,412 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1965 | 8,962 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1966 | 8,463 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1967 | 9,686 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1968 | 10,223 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1969 | 9,438 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1970 | 8,568 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1971 | 10,659 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1972 | 10,257 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 11,402 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1974 | 10,197 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1975 | 9,930 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1976 | 9,490 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1977 | 9,267 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 9,287 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 10,375 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1980 | 9,721 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1981 | 8,392 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1982 | 8,412 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 7,391 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1984 | 10,174 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 1985 | 9,956 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 11,020 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1987 | 10,270 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1988 | 10,550 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 11,344 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1990 | 11,145 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 11,397 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 10,601 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1993 | 10,774 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 10,843 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 10,966 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 10,297 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1997 | 10,788 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 10,949 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 11,330 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 11,179 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 10,922 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 12,391 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2003 | 12,046 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 13,067 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 11,708 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2006 | 10,886 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2007 | 10,901 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 13,998 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 2009 | 14,137 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 13,042 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2011 | 15,010 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2012 | 14,026 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2013 | 14,026 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 15,046 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2015 | 13,082 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2016 | 14,788 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2017 | 14,814 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 13,597 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 14,301 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 13,757 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 12,813 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 12,771 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 10,788 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2024 | 16,021 kg/ha | +48.5% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 16,021 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8,594 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Benin's 16,021 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,698 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,146 kg/ha | 8,463 kg/ha | 10,223 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,943 kg/ha | 8,568 kg/ha | 11,402 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,723 kg/ha | 7,391 kg/ha | 11,344 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,909 kg/ha | 10,297 kg/ha | 11,397 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,123 kg/ha | 10,886 kg/ha | 14,137 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,173 kg/ha | 13,042 kg/ha | 15,046 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,230 kg/ha | 10,788 kg/ha | 16,021 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 8 Papua New Guinea 17,544 kg/ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 6,195 kg/ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4,632 kg/ha compare
- 9 Mali 17,520 kg/ha compare
- 9 Caribbean 10,590 kg/ha compare
- 10 Portugal 17,138 kg/ha compare
- 12 Saint Lucia 15,317 kg/ha compare
- 13 Dominica 14,953 kg/ha compare
- 14 Grenada 14,127 kg/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 yams — yield in Benin?
- Yams — yield in Benin was 16,021 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 16,021 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,391 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Benin rank for yams — yield?
- Benin ranks 11th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. 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 Yams — 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.