Cereal yield in Benin

Cereal farms in Benin harvested 1,356 kg per hectare in 2024.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Benin, 2024 1,356 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 +20.4% 2023: 1,127 kg per hectare
World, 2023 4,229 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Benin (2024).
Position in 2024 143rd of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in Benin over time

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Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2024
Period BeninWorld
2024 1,356 kg per hectare –
2023 1,127 kg per hectare 4,229 kg per hectare
2022 1,362 kg per hectare 4,186 kg per hectare
2021 1,409 kg per hectare 4,176 kg per hectare
2020 1,433 kg per hectare 4,118 kg per hectare
2019 1,238 kg per hectare 4,122 kg per hectare
2018 1,429 kg per hectare 4,022 kg per hectare
2017 1,405 kg per hectare 4,067 kg per hectare
2016 1,456 kg per hectare 4,018 kg per hectare
2015 1,337 kg per hectare 3,932 kg per hectare
2014 1,460 kg per hectare 3,893 kg per hectare
2013 1,480 kg per hectare 3,830 kg per hectare
2012 1,373 kg per hectare 3,612 kg per hectare
2011 1,518 kg per hectare 3,656 kg per hectare
2010 1,201 kg per hectare 3,563 kg per hectare
2009 1,424 kg per hectare 3,558 kg per hectare
2008 1,159 kg per hectare 3,545 kg per hectare
2007 1,286 kg per hectare 3,371 kg per hectare
2006 1,191 kg per hectare 3,281 kg per hectare
2005 1,136 kg per hectare 3,276 kg per hectare
2004 1,146 kg per hectare 3,359 kg per hectare
2003 1,149 kg per hectare 3,119 kg per hectare
2002 1,131 kg per hectare 3,076 kg per hectare
2001 1,069 kg per hectare 3,133 kg per hectare
2000 1,102 kg per hectare 3,061 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +20.4% from 1,127 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 1,460 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −7.1%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, Benin has the 143rd highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Benin
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)