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Benin: Arable land (hectares)

3.65Mhectares · 2024+35.0% since 2014

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. Annual figures for Benin from 1961 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (hectares)Note
20243,646,250
20233,646,250
20223,646,250
20213,590,580
20203,412,230
20193,635,560
20183,500,810
20173,026,700
20162,800,000
20152,700,000
20142,700,000
20132,700,000
20122,600,000
20112,500,000
20102,500,000
20092,500,000
20082,500,000
20072,500,000
20062,500,000
20052,654,000
20042,650,000
20032,650,000
20022,550,000
20012,450,000
20002,380,000
19992,300,000
19982,250,000
19972,100,000
19961,950,000
19951,790,000
19941,700,000
19931,650,000
19921,630,000
19911,620,000
19901,615,000
19891,620,000
19881,610,000
19871,600,000
19861,590,000
19851,580,000
19841,570,000
19831,560,000
19821,550,000
19811,530,000
19801,500,000
19791,470,000
19781,450,000
19771,430,000
19761,400,000
19751,370,000
19741,330,000
19731,300,000
19721,280,000
19711,250,000
19701,200,000
19691,180,000
19681,100,000
19671,070,000
19661,030,000
19651,000,000
1964980,000
1963960,000
1962940,000
1961920,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Arable land (hectares). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-arable-land (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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