Agriculture in Benin: production, rankings and trends
Main agricultural products in Benin with FAOSTAT histories, records, yields and global rankings.
Products103products with a statistical page
Best world positionN°4best rank among tracked products
Products ranked world #10products currently ranked first
Top-10 products9products in the global top ten
What the data show
The currently eligible series for Benin cover 103 products. 0 products currently place Benin at world rank #1. In total, 9 products rank in the global Top 10.
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How many products are covered for Benin?
103 products currently have an eligible page in this language.
What is best world rank?
Best position means the highest rank reached among tracked products. For Benin it is #4, and 0 products currently rank world #1.
What is the source of Benin agricultural data?
The core series come from FAOSTAT. Terra Cultiva then calculates trends, records and rankings.
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103 visible results
| Product | Metric | Latest value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roots and Tubers, Total | Production | 7.92M t 2024 | #27 |
| Cassava, fresh | Production | 4.45M t 2024 | #18 |
| Yams | Production | 3.35M t 2024 | #4 |
| Cereals, primary | Production | 2.91M t 2024 | #81 |
| Maize (corn) | Production | 2.09M t 2024 | #44 |
| Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent | Production | 833.9k t 2024 | #25 |
| Oil palm fruit | Production | 755.1k t 2024 | #19 |
| Vegetables Primary | Production | 741.0k t 2024 | #88 |
| Fruit Primary | Production | 673.0k t 2024 | #98 |
| Soya beans | Production | 652.5k t 2024 | #15 |
| Seed cotton, unginned | Production | 636.0k t 2024 | #12 |
| Rice | Production | 500.6k t 2024 | #50 |
| Pineapples | Production | 483.5k t 2024 | #17 |
| Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent | Production | 440.6k t 2024 | #37 |
| Tomatoes | Production | 287.6k t 2024 | #58 |
| Sorghum | Production | 279.3k t 2024 | #24 |
| Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent | Production | 222.6k t 2024 | #15 |
| Groundnuts, excluding shelled | Production | 221.1k t 2024 | #28 |
| Treenuts, Total | Production | 214.5k t 2024 | #17 |
| Cashew nuts, in shell | Production | 212.6k t 2024 | #6 |
| Pulses, Total | Production | 200.4k t 2024 | #51 |
| Cow peas, dry | Production | 184.5k t 2024 | #9 |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | Production | 184.3k t 2024 | #61 |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | Production | 135.3k t 2024 | #35 |
| Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) | Production | 119.0k t 2024 | #35 |
| Sweet potatoes | Production | 112.4k t 2024 | #41 |
| Okra | Production | 89.9k t 2024 | #12 |
| Karite nuts (sheanuts) | Production | 86.3k t 2024 | #4 |
| Sugar cane | Production | 80.6k t 2024 | #78 |
| Sugar Crops Primary | Production | 80.6k t 2024 | #110 |
| Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) | Production | 60.2k t 2024 | #83 |
| Millet | Production | 30.4k t 2024 | #34 |
| Hen eggs in shell, fresh | Production | 22.8k t 2024 | #99 |
| Bananas | Production | 21.0k t 2024 | #79 |
| Coconuts, in shell | Production | 17.0k t 2024 | #49 |
| Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens | Production | 16.4k t 2024 | #57 |
| Oranges | Production | 15.4k t 2024 | #70 |
| Citrus Fruit, Total | Production | 15.4k t 2024 | #94 |
| Pigeon peas, dry | Production | 12.7k t 2024 | #8 |
| Sesame seed | Production | 10.0k t 2024 | #39 |
| Taro | Production | 4.9k t 2024 | #32 |
| Bambara beans, dry | Production | 3.2k t 2024 | #8 |
| Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell, n.e.c. | Production | 1.9k t 2024 | #44 |
| Dates | Production | 1.4k t 2024 | #29 |
| Castor oil seeds | Production | 642 t 2024 | #22 |
| Kola nuts | Production | 619 t 2024 | #6 |
| Fonio | Production | 586 t 2024 | #10 |
| Potatoes | Production | 406 t 2024 | #148 |
| Pepper (Piper spp.), raw | Production | 183 t 2024 | #38 |
| Other oil seeds, n.e.c. | Production | 170 t 2024 | #61 |
| Coffee, green | Production | 55 t 2024 | #68 |
| Unmanufactured tobacco | Production | 3.2 t 2024 | #117 |
| Milk, Total | Production | 188.4k t 2024 | #122 |
| Raw milk of cattle | Production | 149.6k t 2024 | #123 |
| Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled | Production | 47.8k t 2024 | #95 |
| Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary | Production | 47.8k t 2024 | #98 |
| Raw milk of goats | Production | 38.9k t 2024 | #48 |
| Sheep and Goat Meat | Production | 29.0k t 2024 | #69 |
| Eggs Primary | Production | 22.8k t 2024 | #100 |
| Meat of goat, fresh or chilled | Production | 15.4k t 2024 | #49 |
| Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled | Production | 14.5k t 2024 | #131 |
| Meat, Poultry | Production | 14.5k t 2024 | #133 |
| Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled | Production | 13.7k t 2024 | #69 |
| Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled | Production | 13.2k t 2024 | #95 |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 9.6k t 2024 | #74 |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | Production | 7.8k t 2024 | #76 |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 3.1k t 2024 | #43 |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | Production | 2.8k t 2024 | #40 |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 2.7k t 2024 | #58 |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | Production | 2.5k t 2024 | #59 |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | Production | 1.5k t 2024 | #78 |
| Fat of pigs | Production | 1.1k t 2024 | #64 |
| Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 946 t 2024 | #70 |
| Goat fat, unrendered | Production | 462 t 2024 | #47 |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | Production | 410 t 2024 | #65 |
| Sheep and Goats | Stocks | 6.49M head 2024 | #60 |
| Goats | Stocks | 3.84M head 2024 | #49 |
| Cattle | Stocks | 2.76M head 2024 | #71 |
| Cattle and Buffaloes | Stocks | 2.76M head 2024 | #74 |
| Sheep | Stocks | 2.65M head 2024 | #60 |
| Swine / pigs | Stocks | 1.10M head 2024 | #64 |
| Cotton seed | Production | 340.0k t 2023 | #13 |
| Cotton lint, ginned | Production | 219.1k t 2023 | #13 |
| Beer of barley, malted | Production | 131.0k t 2023 | #90 |
| Meat, Total | Production | 128.5k t 2024 | #121 |
| Palm oil | Production | 100.0k t 2023 | #24 |
| Groundnut oil | Production | 32.0k t 2023 | #20 |
| Palm kernels | Production | 30.0k t 2023 | #22 |
| Cottonseed oil | Production | 27.0k t 2023 | #13 |
| Soya bean oil | Production | 23.6k t 2023 | #53 |
| Chickens | Stocks | 19.05M head 2024 | #96 |
| Poultry Birds | Stocks | 19.05M head 2024 | #98 |
| Oil of palm kernel | Production | 12.6k t 2023 | #21 |
| Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) | Production | 10.0k t 2023 | #106 |
| Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 9.1k t 2024 | #26 |
| Molasses | Production | 2.9k t 2023 | #108 |
| Coconut oil | Production | 1.2k t 2023 | #38 |
| Horses | Stocks | 1.2k head 2024 | #126 |
| Asses | Stocks | 635 head 2024 | #97 |
| Beans, dry | Production | 47.9k t 1990 | — |
| Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw | Production | 13.2k t 1990 | — |
| Other pulses n.e.c. | Production | 7.5k t 1994 | — |
| Meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled | Production | 14.9k t 2024 | #7 |