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Benin: Arable land (% of land area)

32.34percent · 2024+35.0% since 2014

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. Annual figures for Benin from 1961 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202432.336
202332.336
202232.336
202131.843
202030.261
201932.242
201831.047
201726.842
201624.832
201523.945
201423.945
201323.945
201223.058
201122.171
201022.171
200922.171
200822.171
200722.171
200622.171
200523.537
200423.501
200323.501
200222.614
200121.728
200021.107
199920.397
199819.954
199718.624
199617.293
199515.874
199415.076
199314.633
199214.455
199114.367
199014.322
198914.367
198814.278
198714.189
198614.101
198514.012
198413.923
198313.835
198213.746
198113.569
198013.303
197913.037
197812.859
197712.682
197612.416
197512.15
197411.795
197311.529
197211.352
197111.085
197010.642
196910.465
19689.755
19679.489
19669.134
19658.868
19648.691
19638.514
19628.336
19618.159

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Arable land (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-arable-land-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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