How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Benin
Benin: How have things changed?, per square kilometre was 0.484 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.484 metric tons per square kilometre
Change on year
down 17.3%
World rank
131st
of 215 countries
All-time high
0.6708 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2019
All-time low
0.1667 metric tons per square kilometre
in 1966
Years of data
59
1965–2023
How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Benin, 1965–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in metric tons per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, how have things changed?, per square kilometre in Benin stood at 0.484 metric tons per square kilometre.
That represents a change of down 17.3% on the previous year and up 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, how have things changed?, per square kilometre in Benin peaked at 0.6708 metric tons per square kilometre in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1667 metric tons per square kilometre, in 1966.
Benin ranks 131st of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 59 years of available data.
How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Benin, year by year
| Year | metric tons per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 0.1774 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1966 | 0.1667 metric tons per square kilometre | -6.0% |
| 1967 | 0.3157 metric tons per square kilometre | +89.4% |
| 1968 | 0.3184 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 0.3246 metric tons per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 0.3823 metric tons per square kilometre | +17.8% |
| 1971 | 0.3849 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.3831 metric tons per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.3607 metric tons per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 1974 | 0.3494 metric tons per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 1975 | 0.3329 metric tons per square kilometre | -4.7% |
| 1976 | 0.3291 metric tons per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 0.3239 metric tons per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 0.3182 metric tons per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 0.3166 metric tons per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 0.3355 metric tons per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 1981 | 0.3349 metric tons per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.3328 metric tons per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.3071 metric tons per square kilometre | -7.7% |
| 1984 | 0.313 metric tons per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 0.3226 metric tons per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 0.3437 metric tons per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 1987 | 0.3716 metric tons per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 1988 | 0.3312 metric tons per square kilometre | -10.9% |
| 1989 | 0.3712 metric tons per square kilometre | +12.1% |
| 1990 | 0.3391 metric tons per square kilometre | -8.7% |
| 1991 | 0.3111 metric tons per square kilometre | -8.2% |
| 1992 | 0.2881 metric tons per square kilometre | -7.4% |
| 1993 | 0.3478 metric tons per square kilometre | +20.7% |
| 1994 | 0.3541 metric tons per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 0.3936 metric tons per square kilometre | +11.2% |
| 1996 | 0.374 metric tons per square kilometre | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 0.3883 metric tons per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 0.3737 metric tons per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 0.3586 metric tons per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 0.2867 metric tons per square kilometre | -20.1% |
| 2001 | 0.3407 metric tons per square kilometre | +18.8% |
| 2002 | 0.3607 metric tons per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 0.3694 metric tons per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 0.3547 metric tons per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 0.2824 metric tons per square kilometre | -20.4% |
| 2006 | 0.3718 metric tons per square kilometre | +31.6% |
| 2007 | 0.3253 metric tons per square kilometre | -12.5% |
| 2008 | 0.3355 metric tons per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 0.349 metric tons per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3572 metric tons per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.3491 metric tons per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 0.3635 metric tons per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 0.3831 metric tons per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 0.4357 metric tons per square kilometre | +13.7% |
| 2015 | 0.3641 metric tons per square kilometre | -16.4% |
| 2016 | 0.4801 metric tons per square kilometre | +31.8% |
| 2017 | 0.5682 metric tons per square kilometre | +18.4% |
| 2018 | 0.5578 metric tons per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.6708 metric tons per square kilometre | +20.3% |
| 2020 | 0.6208 metric tons per square kilometre | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 0.6403 metric tons per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 0.5853 metric tons per square kilometre | -8.6% |
| 2023 | 0.484 metric tons per square kilometre | -17.3% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.484 metric tons per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.6435 metric tons per square kilometre, 75% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.484 metric tons per square kilometre is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4382 metric tons per square kilometre, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Benin changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +89.4% | 0.1667 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.3157 metric tons per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2606 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.1667 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.3246 metric tons per square kilometre | 5 |
| 1970s | 0.3481 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.3166 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.3849 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3364 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.3071 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.3716 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3528 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.2881 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.3936 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3376 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.2824 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.3718 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.453 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.3491 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.6708 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5826 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.484 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.6403 metric tons per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 128 Guatemala 0.5209 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 129 East Timor 0.5149 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 130 Cameroon 0.511 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 132 Monaco 0.4798 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 133 Finland 0.4734 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 134 Namibia 0.4536 metric tons per square kilometre compare
More reference data data for Benin
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1979 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.67 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1562 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6635 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.5244 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 8.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.8505 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is how have things changed?, per square kilometre in Benin?
- How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Benin was 0.484 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest how have things changed?, per square kilometre recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6708 metric tons per square kilometre in 2019.
- What is the lowest how have things changed?, per square kilometre recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1667 metric tons per square kilometre in 1966.
- How does Benin rank for how have things changed?, per square kilometre?
- Benin ranks 131st out of 215 countries with data for 2023.
- Is how have things changed?, per square kilometre rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of How have things changed?, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
How have things changed? divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
How have things changed? ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- How have things changed? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
How have things changed? divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.