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Agricultural land share — Benin

Agricultural land share in Benin in 2023 — 41.83%. Ranked 92 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 29.29 pp.

2023 41.83% −1.23 pp vs 2022
World rank 92of 209
Period maximum 43.06%2022
Period minimum 12.54%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Benin, 1961–2023020406019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 12.54%1963: 12.91%1965: 13.27%1967: 13.92%1969: 14.94%1971: 15.57%1973: 16.01%1975: 16.61%1977: 17.14%1979: 17.5%1981: 18.05%1983: 18.39%1985: 18.85%1987: 19.47%1989: 19.56%1991: 20.12%1993: 20.63%1995: 22.3%1997: 25.63%1999: 27.55%2001: 28.91%2003: 30.78%2005: 30.8%2007: 29.97%2009: 33.17%2011: 32.1%2013: 35.3%2015: 36.12%2017: 36.3%2019: 41.07%2021: 41%2023: 41.83%
Change over the period: +29.29 pp Annual average: 0.47 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Benin

Benin 41.83%
World 36.93%
Sub-Saharan Africa 44.7%
Western Africa computed 49.01%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 44.89%
Agricultural land share — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 41.83 −1.23 pp
2022 43.06 +2.06 pp
2021 41 +1.69 pp
2020 39.31 −1.76 pp
2019 41.07 +1.51 pp
2018 39.56 +3.26 pp
2017 36.3 +1.92 pp
2016 34.38 −1.74 pp
2015 36.12 +0.67 pp
2014 35.45 +0.15 pp
2013 35.3 +1.91 pp
2012 33.39 +1.29 pp
2011 32.1 +1.17 pp
2010 30.93 −2.25 pp
2009 33.17 +1.39 pp
2008 31.78 +1.82 pp
2007 29.97 +0.35 pp
2006 29.61 −1.19 pp
2005 30.8 +0.13 pp
2004 30.68 −0.1 pp
2003 30.78 +0.92 pp
2002 29.86 +0.96 pp
2001 28.91 +0.6 pp
2000 28.31 +0.76 pp
1999 27.55 +0.58 pp
1998 26.97 +1.34 pp
1997 25.63 +1.64 pp
1996 23.99 +1.69 pp
1995 22.3 +1.13 pp
1994 21.17 +0.54 pp
1993 20.63 +0.32 pp
1992 20.31 +0.19 pp
1991 20.12 +0.06 pp
1990 20.05 +0.49 pp
1989 19.56 −0.01 pp
1988 19.57 +0.09 pp
1987 19.47 +0.09 pp
1986 19.39 +0.53 pp
1985 18.85 +0.29 pp
1984 18.56 +0.17 pp
1983 18.39 −0.01 pp
1982 18.4 +0.36 pp
1981 18.05 +0.27 pp
1980 17.77 +0.27 pp
1979 17.5 +0.17 pp
1978 17.33 +0.19 pp
1977 17.14 +0.29 pp
1976 16.84 +0.24 pp
1975 16.61 +0.36 pp
1974 16.25 +0.24 pp
1973 16.01 +0.17 pp
1972 15.85 +0.28 pp
1971 15.57 +0.43 pp
1970 15.14 +0.19 pp
1969 14.94 +0.75 pp
1968 14.19 +0.27 pp
1967 13.92 +0.39 pp
1966 13.53 +0.27 pp
1965 13.27 +0.2 pp
1964 13.07 +0.16 pp
1963 12.91 +0.18 pp
1962 12.73 +0.18 pp
1961 12.54 —

Western Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CI Côte d'Ivoire 86.48 NG Nigeria 76.2 GN Guinea 73.23 TG Togo 70.23 GM Gambia 62.65 GH Ghana 55.39 SL Sierra Leone 54.71 BF Burkina Faso 53.4 SN Senegal 49.4 BJ Benin 41.83 MR Mauritania 38.53 NE Niger 36.79 ML Mali 35.47 GW Guinea-Bissau 29.89 LR Liberia 19.97 CV Cabo Verde 19.6
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About the indicator

The share of agricultural land in total land area: arable land, land under permanent crops, and permanent meadows and pastures. High values often come not from crop-growing countries but from pastoral ones — vast semi-desert rangelands formally count as agricultural land.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by land area.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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