Land use for palm oil production in Benin
Benin: Land use for palm oil production was 42,069 hectares in 2024. ▲ Rising
Land use for palm oil production in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Benin recorded 42,069 hectares for land use for palm oil production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use for palm oil production in Benin peaked at 42,069 hectares in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15,000 hectares, in 1991.
That places Benin 24th out of 44 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,000 hectares | 30,000 hectares | 30,000 hectares | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,000 hectares | 30,000 hectares | 30,000 hectares | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,400 hectares | 18,000 hectares | 30,000 hectares | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,300 hectares | 15,000 hectares | 20,000 hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,400 hectares | 18,000 hectares | 25,000 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,530 hectares | 26,000 hectares | 36,272 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,033 hectares | 36,430 hectares | 42,069 hectares | 5 |
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More environment data for Benin
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 17.77 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.23 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 3.77 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.7055 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0019 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 7.64 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0005 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0384 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.41 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use for palm oil production in Benin?
- Land use for palm oil production in Benin was 42,069 hectares in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest land use for palm oil production recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 42,069 hectares in 2024.
- What is the lowest land use for palm oil production recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 hectares in 1991.
- How does Benin rank for land use for palm oil production?
- Benin ranks 24th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is land use for palm oil production rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Land use for palm oil production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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