Benin - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Benin was 2,800,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,800,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 920,000 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) 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.

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

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Year Value
1961 920,000
1962 940,000
1963 960,000
1964 980,000
1965 1,000,000
1966 1,030,000
1967 1,070,000
1968 1,100,000
1969 1,180,000
1970 1,200,000
1971 1,250,000
1972 1,280,000
1973 1,300,000
1974 1,330,000
1975 1,370,000
1976 1,400,000
1977 1,430,000
1978 1,450,000
1979 1,470,000
1980 1,500,000
1981 1,530,000
1982 1,550,000
1983 1,560,000
1984 1,570,000
1985 1,580,000
1986 1,590,000
1987 1,600,000
1988 1,610,000
1989 1,620,000
1990 1,615,000
1991 1,620,000
1992 1,630,000
1993 1,650,000
1994 1,700,000
1995 1,790,000
1996 1,950,000
1997 2,100,000
1998 2,250,000
1999 2,300,000
2000 2,380,000
2001 2,450,000
2002 2,550,000
2003 2,650,000
2004 2,650,000
2005 2,654,000
2006 2,500,000
2007 2,500,000
2008 2,500,000
2009 2,500,000
2010 2,500,000
2011 2,500,000
2012 2,600,000
2013 2,700,000
2014 2,700,000
2015 2,700,000
2016 2,800,000
2017 2,800,000
2018 2,800,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Benin was 0.244 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.421 in 1972 and a minimum value of 0.244 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) 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.

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

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Year Value
1961 0.373
1962 0.376
1963 0.378
1964 0.379
1965 0.380
1966 0.384
1967 0.391
1968 0.394
1969 0.414
1970 0.412
1971 0.420
1972 0.421
1973 0.418
1974 0.417
1975 0.420
1976 0.418
1977 0.416
1978 0.411
1979 0.406
1980 0.404
1981 0.401
1982 0.395
1983 0.386
1984 0.378
1985 0.369
1986 0.361
1987 0.353
1988 0.345
1989 0.336
1990 0.324
1991 0.315
1992 0.306
1993 0.299
1994 0.298
1995 0.303
1996 0.320
1997 0.334
1998 0.348
1999 0.345
2000 0.347
2001 0.346
2002 0.350
2003 0.352
2004 0.342
2005 0.332
2006 0.304
2007 0.296
2008 0.287
2009 0.279
2010 0.272
2011 0.264
2012 0.267
2013 0.270
2014 0.262
2015 0.255
2016 0.258
2017 0.251
2018 0.244

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Benin was 24.83 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 24.83 in 2018, while its lowest value was 8.16 in 1961.

Definition: 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.

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

See also:

Year Value
1961 8.16
1962 8.34
1963 8.51
1964 8.69
1965 8.87
1966 9.13
1967 9.49
1968 9.76
1969 10.46
1970 10.64
1971 11.09
1972 11.35
1973 11.53
1974 11.79
1975 12.15
1976 12.42
1977 12.68
1978 12.86
1979 13.04
1980 13.30
1981 13.57
1982 13.75
1983 13.83
1984 13.92
1985 14.01
1986 14.10
1987 14.19
1988 14.28
1989 14.37
1990 14.32
1991 14.37
1992 14.46
1993 14.63
1994 15.08
1995 15.87
1996 17.29
1997 18.62
1998 19.95
1999 20.40
2000 21.11
2001 21.73
2002 22.61
2003 23.50
2004 23.50
2005 23.54
2006 22.17
2007 22.17
2008 22.17
2009 22.17
2010 22.17
2011 22.17
2012 23.06
2013 23.94
2014 23.94
2015 23.94
2016 24.83
2017 24.83
2018 24.83

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use