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Arable land share — Benin

Arable land share in Benin in 2023 — 31.45%. Ranked 27 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 23.29 pp.

2023 31.45% +0 pp vs 2022
World rank 27of 206
Period maximum 31.45%2022
Period minimum 8.16%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Arable land share — Benin, 1961–202301020304019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 8.16%1963: 8.51%1965: 8.87%1967: 9.49%1969: 10.46%1971: 11.09%1973: 11.53%1975: 12.15%1977: 12.68%1979: 13.04%1981: 13.57%1983: 13.83%1985: 14.01%1987: 14.19%1989: 14.37%1991: 14.37%1993: 14.63%1995: 15.87%1997: 18.62%1999: 20.4%2001: 21.73%2003: 23.5%2005: 23.54%2007: 22.17%2009: 22.17%2011: 22.17%2013: 23.94%2015: 23.94%2017: 26.55%2019: 31.38%2021: 30.92%2023: 31.45%
Change over the period: +23.29 pp Annual average: 0.38 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Benin 31.45%
World 10.67%
Sub-Saharan Africa 10.03%
Western Africa computed 16.46%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 18.63%
Arable land share — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 31.45 +0 pp
2022 31.45 +0.52 pp
2021 30.92 +1.38 pp
2020 29.54 −1.83 pp
2019 31.38 +1.08 pp
2018 30.29 +3.74 pp
2017 26.55 +1.72 pp
2016 24.83 +0.89 pp
2015 23.94 +0 pp
2014 23.94 +0 pp
2013 23.94 +0.89 pp
2012 23.06 +0.89 pp
2011 22.17 +0 pp
2010 22.17 +0 pp
2009 22.17 +0 pp
2008 22.17 +0 pp
2007 22.17 +0 pp
2006 22.17 −1.37 pp
2005 23.54 +0.04 pp
2004 23.5 +0 pp
2003 23.5 +0.89 pp
2002 22.61 +0.89 pp
2001 21.73 +0.62 pp
2000 21.11 +0.71 pp
1999 20.4 +0.44 pp
1998 19.95 +1.33 pp
1997 18.62 +1.33 pp
1996 17.29 +1.42 pp
1995 15.87 +0.8 pp
1994 15.08 +0.44 pp
1993 14.63 +0.18 pp
1992 14.46 +0.09 pp
1991 14.37 +0.04 pp
1990 14.32 −0.04 pp
1989 14.37 +0.09 pp
1988 14.28 +0.09 pp
1987 14.19 +0.09 pp
1986 14.1 +0.09 pp
1985 14.01 +0.09 pp
1984 13.92 +0.09 pp
1983 13.83 +0.09 pp
1982 13.75 +0.18 pp
1981 13.57 +0.27 pp
1980 13.3 +0.27 pp
1979 13.04 +0.18 pp
1978 12.86 +0.18 pp
1977 12.68 +0.27 pp
1976 12.42 +0.27 pp
1975 12.15 +0.35 pp
1974 11.79 +0.27 pp
1973 11.53 +0.18 pp
1972 11.35 +0.27 pp
1971 11.09 +0.44 pp
1970 10.64 +0.18 pp
1969 10.46 +0.71 pp
1968 9.76 +0.27 pp
1967 9.49 +0.35 pp
1966 9.13 +0.27 pp
1965 8.87 +0.18 pp
1964 8.69 +0.18 pp
1963 8.51 +0.18 pp
1962 8.34 +0.18 pp
1961 8.16 —

Western Africa, 2023

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

TG Togo 48.72 GM Gambia 43.48 NG Nigeria 40.48 BJ Benin 31.45 BF Burkina Faso 28.9 GN Guinea 24.42 SL Sierra Leone 21.95 GH Ghana 20.7 SN Senegal 19.89 CI Côte d'Ivoire 15.1 GW Guinea-Bissau 14.07 NE Niger 13.97 CV Cabo Verde 12.41 ML Mali 6.84 LR Liberia 5.19 MR Mauritania 0.44
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About the indicator

The share of arable land in land area: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for less than five years. It excludes permanent crops and permanent pasture, so the indicator reflects more precisely the resource available for growing grain and other field crops.

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

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

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