Commodity Origins

What does Benin produce and export?

Benin ranks in the top ten producers of 2 commodities: yams (#4, 3.6% of world output in 2024), cashews (#6, 5% of world output in 2024). It is a top-ten exporter of cotton (#5, 2.9% of world export value in 2024), soybeans (#9, 0.4% of world export value in 2024).

Where benin is produced, 2024World map shaded by share of benin production in 2024. Darkest: Benin 100%. 1 producing countries shown.Fiji: no reported productionTanzania: no reported productionWestern Sahara: no reported productionCanada: no reported productionUnited States: no reported productionKazakhstan: no reported productionUzbekistan: no reported productionPapua New Guinea: no reported productionIndonesia: no reported productionArgentina: no reported productionChile: no reported productionDR Congo: no reported productionSomalia: no reported productionKenya: no reported productionSudan: no reported productionChad: no reported productionHaiti: no reported productionDominican Republic: no reported productionRussia: no reported productionBahamas: no reported productionFalkland Isds (Malvinas): no reported productionNorway: no reported productionGreenland: no reported productionFr. South Antarctic Terr.: no reported productionTimor-Leste: no reported productionSouth Africa: no reported productionLesotho: no reported productionMexico: no reported productionUruguay: no reported productionBrazil: no reported productionBolivia: no reported productionPeru: no reported productionColombia: no reported productionPanama: no reported productionCosta Rica: no reported productionNicaragua: no reported productionHonduras: no reported productionEl Salvador: no reported productionGuatemala: no reported productionBelize: no reported productionVenezuela: no reported productionGuyana: no reported productionSuriname: no reported productionFrance: no reported productionEcuador: no reported productionPuerto Rico: no reported productionJamaica: no reported productionCuba: no reported productionZimbabwe: no reported productionBotswana: no reported productionNamibia: no reported productionSenegal: no reported productionMali: no reported productionMauritania: no reported productionBenin: 100% (1)Niger: no reported productionNigeria: no reported productionCameroon: no reported productionTogo: no reported productionGhana: no reported productionIvory Coast: no reported productionGuinea: no reported productionGuinea-Bissau: no reported productionLiberia: no reported productionSierra Leone: no reported productionBurkina Faso: no reported productionCentral African Republic: no reported productionRepublic of the Congo: no reported productionGabon: no reported productionEquatorial Guinea: no reported productionZambia: no reported productionMalawi: no reported productionMozambique: no reported productionEswatini: no reported productionAngola: no reported productionBurundi: no reported productionIsrael: no reported productionLebanon: no reported productionMadagascar: no reported productionPalestine: no reported productionGambia: no reported productionTunisia: no reported productionAlgeria: no reported productionJordan: no reported productionUnited Arab Emirates: no reported productionQatar: no reported productionKuwait: no reported productionIraq: no reported productionOman: no reported productionVanuatu: no reported productionCambodia: no reported productionThailand: no reported productionLaos: no reported productionMyanmar: no reported productionVietnam: no reported productionNorth Korea: no reported productionSouth Korea: no reported productionMongolia: no reported productionIndia: no reported productionBangladesh: no reported productionBhutan: no reported productionNepal: no reported productionPakistan: no reported productionAfghanistan: no reported productionTajikistan: no reported productionKyrgyzstan: no reported productionTurkmenistan: no reported productionIran: no reported productionSyria: no reported productionArmenia: no reported productionSweden: no reported productionBelarus: no reported productionUkraine: no reported productionPoland: no reported productionAustria: no reported productionHungary: no reported productionMoldova: no reported productionRomania: no reported productionLithuania: no reported productionLatvia: no reported productionEstonia: no reported productionGermany: no reported productionBulgaria: no reported productionGreece: no reported productionTurkey: no reported productionAlbania: no reported productionCroatia: no reported productionSwitzerland: no reported productionLuxembourg: no reported productionBelgium: no reported productionNetherlands: no reported productionPortugal: no reported productionSpain: no reported productionIreland: no reported productionNew Caledonia: no reported productionSolomon Islands: no reported productionNew Zealand: no reported productionAustralia: no reported productionSri Lanka: no reported productionChina: no reported productionTaiwan: no reported productionItaly: no reported productionDenmark: no reported productionUnited Kingdom: no reported productionIceland: no reported productionAzerbaijan: no reported productionGeorgia: no reported productionPhilippines: no reported productionMalaysia: no reported productionBrunei: no reported productionSlovenia: no reported productionFinland: no reported productionSlovakia: no reported productionCzechia: no reported productionEritrea: no reported productionJapan: no reported productionParaguay: no reported productionYemen: no reported productionSaudi Arabia: no reported productionAntarcticaN. CyprusCyprus: no reported productionMorocco: no reported productionEgypt: no reported productionLibya: no reported productionEthiopia: no reported productionDjibouti: no reported productionSomalilandUganda: no reported productionRwanda: no reported productionBosnia and Herzegovina: no reported productionNorth Macedonia: no reported productionSerbia: no reported productionMontenegro: no reported productionKosovoTrinidad and Tobago: no reported productionSouth Sudan: no reported production<0.5%0.5–1%1–2.5%2.5–5%5–10%10–20%≥20%
Share of world production, 2024. Countries with no reported production are unshaded.

What does Benin produce?

Commodities where Benin is a top-ten producer
CommodityWorld rankShare of worldProductionYearSource
Yams Fruit & vegetables43.6%3.4 million t2024FAOSTAT
Cashews Fruit & vegetables65%212,624 t2024FAOSTAT

What does Benin export?

Top 2 Benin commodity exports, 2024Bar chart of top 2 Benin commodity exports in 2024: Cotton 2.9%, Soybeans 0.4%; rest of world 97%.CottonCotton: 2.9%, $505.6 million2.9%SoybeansSoybeans: 0.4%, $300.6 million0.4%Rest of worldRest of world: 97%, $097%
Benin's largest commodity exports by value. Each bar's share is that commodity's share of world trade in it, not its share of Benin's own exports — the two are unrelated and shown so a bar near 100% marks a commodity Benin dominates globally rather than one it merely exports a lot of.
Top 2 Benin commodity exports in 2024
RankCommodityExport value (US$)Share of world
1Cotton$505.6 million2.9%
2Soybeans$300.6 million0.4%
Rest of world$097%

Benin's own tracked-export mix

Unlike the chart above, this treemap sizes each commodity by its share of Benin's own $929.8 million of tracked exports, not by world trade. Cotton alone is 54% of it. See the full export dependency report for how Benin compares with other countries.

Benin's tracked export mix by commodityCotton: 54.4%; Soybeans: 32.3%; Sesame seed: 10.7%; Cashews: 2.1%; Pineapples: 0.5%; Other tracked commodities: 0.1%.Cotton: 54.4%Cotton54.4%Soybeans: 32.3%Soybeans32.3%Sesame seed: 10.7%Sesame seed10.7%Cashews: 2.1%Cashews2.1%Pineapples: 0.5%Other tracked commodities: 0.1%
Commodities where Benin is a top-ten exporter
CommodityWorld rankShare of world exportsExport valueYear
Cotton52.9%$505.6 million2024
Soybeans90.4%$300.6 million2024

Top-ten importer of

Sources: FAOSTAT (crops and livestock), USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (minerals), Energy Institute Statistical Review (energy) for production; CEPII BACI for trade. Ranks count only the commodities on this site.

Benin commodity by commodity

One page for each commodity where Benin is a top-five producer or exporter with at least 3% of the world total.

Benin in the pattern reports

What the cross-commodity reports under Patterns say about Benin, computed from the same data as this page.

Who supplies Benin

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Data updated 22 October 2026.

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