Benin - Agricultural land

Agricultural land (sq. km)

The value for Agricultural land (sq. km) in Benin was 33,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35,670 in 2004 and a minimum value of 14,420 in 1961.

Definition: Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year	Value
1961	14,420
1962	14,620
1963	14,820
1964	15,020
1965	15,220
1966	15,520
1967	15,920
1968	16,220
1969	17,070
1970	17,270
1971	17,770
1972	18,070
1973	18,270
1974	18,570
1975	18,970
1976	19,270
1977	19,570
1978	19,770
1979	19,970
1980	20,270
1981	20,570
1982	20,900
1983	21,000
1984	21,100
1985	21,300
1986	21,900
1987	22,000
1988	22,100
1989	22,200
1990	22,700
1991	22,800
1992	22,950
1993	23,200
1994	24,000
1995	25,200
1996	27,100
1997	28,900
1998	30,500
1999	31,100
2000	31,950
2001	32,650
2002	33,650
2003	34,670
2004	35,670
2005	35,200
2006	33,350
2007	33,400
2008	33,950
2009	33,000

Agricultural land (% of land area)

Agricultural land (% of land area) in Benin was 29.83 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 32.25 in 2004, while its lowest value was 13.04 in 1961.

Definition: Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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• Thematic map
• Country comparison
• Country ranking

Year	Value
1961	13.04
1962	13.22
1963	13.40
1964	13.58
1965	13.76
1966	14.03
1967	14.39
1968	14.66
1969	15.43
1970	15.61
1971	16.06
1972	16.34
1973	16.52
1974	16.79
1975	17.15
1976	17.42
1977	17.69
1978	17.87
1979	18.05
1980	18.32
1981	18.60
1982	18.89
1983	18.98
1984	19.07
1985	19.26
1986	19.80
1987	19.89
1988	19.98
1989	20.07
1990	20.52
1991	20.61
1992	20.75
1993	20.97
1994	21.70
1995	22.78
1996	24.50
1997	26.13
1998	27.57
1999	28.11
2000	28.88
2001	29.52
2002	30.42
2003	31.34
2004	32.25
2005	31.82
2006	30.15
2007	30.19
2008	30.69
2009	29.83

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use