Oil palm fruit yields in Benin
Benin: Oil palm fruit yields was 17.95 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
17.95 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
4th
of 44 countries
All-time high
17.95 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
All-time low
8.33 tonnes per hectare
in 1986
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Oil palm fruit yields in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil palm fruit yields in Benin is 17.95 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit yields in Benin peaked at 17.95 tonnes per hectare in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.33 tonnes per hectare, in 1986.
That places Benin 4th out of 44 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oil palm fruit yields in Benin, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 11.04 tonnes per hectare | +10.4% |
| 1986 | 8.33 tonnes per hectare | -24.5% |
| 1987 | 8.33 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 8.33 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 9.44 tonnes per hectare | +13.3% |
| 1990 | 9.44 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 8.67 tonnes per hectare | -8.2% |
| 1992 | 8.67 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 8.67 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 8.67 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 10 tonnes per hectare | +15.4% |
| 1996 | 10.56 tonnes per hectare | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 10.53 tonnes per hectare | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 11 tonnes per hectare | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 11 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 10.48 tonnes per hectare | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 12.78 tonnes per hectare | +22.0% |
| 2002 | 13.33 tonnes per hectare | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 13.5 tonnes per hectare | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 12.86 tonnes per hectare | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 13.18 tonnes per hectare | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 13.64 tonnes per hectare | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 13.91 tonnes per hectare | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 13.75 tonnes per hectare | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 17.6 tonnes per hectare | +28.0% |
| 2010 | 17.69 tonnes per hectare | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 15.86 tonnes per hectare | -10.3% |
| 2012 | 16.56 tonnes per hectare | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 15.56 tonnes per hectare | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 16.15 tonnes per hectare | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 17.39 tonnes per hectare | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 16.6 tonnes per hectare | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 16.94 tonnes per hectare | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 17.3 tonnes per hectare | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 17.7 tonnes per hectare | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 17.84 tonnes per hectare | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 17.82 tonnes per hectare | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 17.69 tonnes per hectare | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 17.82 tonnes per hectare | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 17.95 tonnes per hectare | +0.7% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 17.95 tonnes per hectare is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11.1 tonnes per hectare, 1.6× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Benin's 17.95 tonnes per hectare is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9.89 tonnes per hectare, 1.8× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oil palm fruit yields in Benin changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +28.0% | 13.75 tonnes per hectare | 17.6 tonnes per hectare |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10 tonnes per hectare | 10 tonnes per hectare | 10 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 10 tonnes per hectare | 10 tonnes per hectare | 10 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.55 tonnes per hectare | 8.33 tonnes per hectare | 11.04 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.72 tonnes per hectare | 8.67 tonnes per hectare | 11 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.5 tonnes per hectare | 10.48 tonnes per hectare | 17.6 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.78 tonnes per hectare | 15.56 tonnes per hectare | 17.7 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.82 tonnes per hectare | 17.69 tonnes per hectare | 17.95 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 13.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit yields in Benin?
- Oil palm fruit yields in Benin was 17.95 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit yields recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 17.95 tonnes per hectare in 2024.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit yields recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.33 tonnes per hectare in 1986.
- How does Benin rank for oil palm fruit yields?
- Benin ranks 4th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit yields rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Oil palm fruit yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.