Cereal production rose 2.45% to 1,652 kt in Benin in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, cereal production in Benin reached an all time high of 1,692 kt in 2013 and an all time low of 238 kt in 1971. When compared to Benin's main peers, cereal production in Burkina Faso amounted to 4,877 kt, 4,590 kt in Niger, 25,586 kt in Nigeria and 1,215 kt in Togo in 2015.
Benin has been ranked 90th within the group of 164 countries we follow in terms of cereal production, 7 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Cereal Production | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Algeria | kt | 5,253 | 4,002 | 3,728 | 5,137 | 4,914 | ||||||||||||||||
Benin | kt | 1,348 | 1,333 | 1,544 | 1,534 | 1,692 | ||||||||||||||||
Burkina Faso | kt | 3,627 | 4,561 | 3,666 | 4,899 | 4,870 | ||||||||||||||||
Cameroon | kt | 2,906 | 3,012 | 2,988 | 3,133 | 3,089 | ||||||||||||||||
Chad | kt | 2,088 | 2,150 | 1,553 | 3,162 | 2,561 | ||||||||||||||||
Ghana | kt | 2,607 | 2,907 | 2,619 | 2,891 | 2,746 | ||||||||||||||||
Ivory Coast | kt | 1,429 | 1,962 | 1,607 | 2,333 | 2,712 | ||||||||||||||||
Libya | kt | 215 | 217 | 275 | 307 | 306 | ||||||||||||||||
Mali | kt | 6,335 | 6,410 | 5,778 | 6,675 | 5,736 | ||||||||||||||||
Niger | kt | 3,451 | 5,203 | 3,762 | 5,319 | 4,347 | ||||||||||||||||
Nigeria | kt | 21,268 | 24,656 | 20,703 | 21,436 | 26,970 | ||||||||||||||||
Togo | kt | 1,061 | 1,046 | 1,058 | 1,230 | 1,210 |