Cassava production rose 3.11% to 4,350 kt in Benin in 2022, according to Faostat.
Historically, cassava production in Benin reached an all time high of 4,525 kt in 2019 and an all time low of 280 kt in 1961. When compared to Benin's main peers, cassava production in Burkina Faso amounted to 17.1 kt, 435 kt in Niger, 60,836 kt in Nigeria and 1,225 kt in Togo in 2022.
Benin has been ranked 18th within the group of 79 countries we follow in terms of cassava production, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Cassava Production | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
Algeria | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Benin | kt | 3,892 | 3,959 | 3,820 | 4,525 | 4,162 | ||||||||||||||||
Burkina Faso | kt | 23.0 | 23.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | ||||||||||||||||
Cameroon | kt | 5,167 | 5,322 | 5,659 | 5,676 | 5,780 | ||||||||||||||||
Chad | kt | 493 | 291 | 284 | 297 | 294 | ||||||||||||||||
Ghana | kt | 17,798 | 19,009 | 20,846 | 22,750 | 24,368 | ||||||||||||||||
Ivory Coast | kt | 4,548 | 5,367 | 5,608 | 5,877 | 6,444 | ||||||||||||||||
Libya | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Mali | kt | 119 | 101 | 138 | 70.3 | 165 | ||||||||||||||||
Niger | kt | 147 | 320 | 372 | 514 | 658 | ||||||||||||||||
Nigeria | kt | 60,530 | 61,350 | 65,351 | 56,969 | 55,566 | ||||||||||||||||
Togo | kt | 1,027 | 1,042 | 1,089 | 1,118 | 1,158 |