Arable land per capita — all countries

Arable land per capita — Benin

Arable land per capita in Benin in 2023 — 0.2513 ha/person. Ranked 37 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 30.1%.

2023 0.2513 ha/person −2.49% vs 2022
World rank 37of 206
Period maximum 0.3991 ha/person1972
Period minimum 0.2377 ha/person2015

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares per capita

Arable land per capita — Benin, 1961–20230.20.250.30.350.419611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 0.3595 ha/person1963: 0.3619 ha/person1965: 0.3626 ha/person1967: 0.3724 ha/person1969: 0.3936 ha/person1971: 0.3988 ha/person1973: 0.3959 ha/person1975: 0.3976 ha/person1977: 0.3947 ha/person1979: 0.385 ha/person1981: 0.3789 ha/person1983: 0.3646 ha/person1985: 0.3482 ha/person1987: 0.3321 ha/person1989: 0.3163 ha/person1991: 0.2974 ha/person1993: 0.281 ha/person1995: 0.2875 ha/person1997: 0.319 ha/person1999: 0.3284 ha/person2001: 0.3291 ha/person2003: 0.3349 ha/person2005: 0.315 ha/person2007: 0.2792 ha/person2009: 0.2629 ha/person2011: 0.2477 ha/person2013: 0.2521 ha/person2015: 0.2377 ha/person2017: 0.2486 ha/person2019: 0.278 ha/person2021: 0.26 ha/person2023: 0.2513 ha/person
Change over the period: −0.1082 (−30.1%) Average annual rate: -0.58 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Benin 0.2513 ha/person
World 0.1717 ha/person
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.1904 ha/person
Western Africa computed 0.2242 ha/person
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.1258 ha/person
Arable land per capita — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha/person Change Change, %
2023 0.2513 −0.0064 −2.49%
2022 0.2577 −0.0022 −0.86%
2021 0.26 +0.0051 +1.99%
2020 0.2549 −0.0231 −8.32%
2019 0.278 +0.0022 +0.78%
2018 0.2758 +0.0272 +10.94%
2017 0.2486 +0.0093 +3.88%
2016 0.2394 +0.0017 +0.71%
2015 0.2377 −0.0071 −2.91%
2014 0.2448 −0.0073 −2.91%
2013 0.2521 +0.0021 +0.83%
2012 0.2501 +0.0024 +0.96%
2011 0.2477 −0.0075 −2.93%
2010 0.2552 −0.0077 −2.94%
2009 0.2629 −0.008 −2.95%
2008 0.2709 −0.0083 −2.97%
2007 0.2792 −0.0084 −2.91%
2006 0.2876 −0.0274 −8.7%
2005 0.315 −0.0098 −3.02%
2004 0.3248 −0.0101 −3.02%
2003 0.3349 +0.0027 +0.8%
2002 0.3322 +0.0032 +0.97%
2001 0.3291 −0.0005 −0.16%
2000 0.3296 +0.0011 +0.34%
1999 0.3284 −0.003 −0.89%
1998 0.3314 +0.0124 +3.89%
1997 0.319 +0.0139 +4.56%
1996 0.3051 +0.0176 +6.12%
1995 0.2875 +0.0086 +3.09%
1994 0.2788 −0.0021 −0.75%
1993 0.281 −0.0092 −3.17%
1992 0.2901 −0.0073 −2.44%
1991 0.2974 −0.0084 −2.74%
1990 0.3058 −0.0105 −3.33%
1989 0.3163 −0.0078 −2.41%
1988 0.3241 −0.0079 −2.39%
1987 0.3321 −0.008 −2.36%
1986 0.3401 −0.0081 −2.32%
1985 0.3482 −0.0082 −2.29%
1984 0.3563 −0.0082 −2.26%
1983 0.3646 −0.0083 −2.23%
1982 0.3729 −0.006 −1.58%
1981 0.3789 −0.0033 −0.86%
1980 0.3821 −0.0028 −0.73%
1979 0.385 −0.005 −1.28%
1978 0.39 −0.0047 −1.19%
1977 0.3947 −0.0017 −0.42%
1976 0.3964 −0.0013 −0.32%
1975 0.3976 +0.0021 +0.53%
1974 0.3955 −0.0004 −0.1%
1973 0.3959 −0.0031 −0.79%
1972 0.3991 +0.0003 +0.08%
1971 0.3988 +0.0072 +1.85%
1970 0.3915 −0.0021 −0.52%
1969 0.3936 +0.0187 +4.98%
1968 0.3749 +0.0024 +0.66%
1967 0.3724 +0.0064 +1.76%
1966 0.366 +0.0034 +0.94%
1965 0.3626 +0.0002 +0.05%
1964 0.3624 +0.0006 +0.15%
1963 0.3619 +0.001 +0.27%
1962 0.3609 +0.0014 +0.39%
1961 0.3595

About the indicator

The area of arable land per inhabitant, in hectares. A key resource indicator of food security: countries with little arable land per person must either achieve very high yields or import food. The world value is falling — the area of arable land is barely growing while the population increases.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its arable land over all of its population. The indicator speaks of land endowment, not of yield: a hectare gives different amounts in different climates.

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