Jamaica vs Samoa: Cocoa bean yields
Jamaica
0.2783 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Samoa
0.1834 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Jamaica rank
44th
Samoa rank
47th
Cocoa bean yields over time
- Jamaica
- Samoa
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 0.2783 tonnes per hectare against 0.1834 tonnes per hectare in Samoa, a difference of 0.0949 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.5 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Samoa ahead.
Jamaica ranks 44th and Samoa ranks 47th of 61 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 6 and Samoa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4094 tonnes per hectare | 0.4385 tonnes per hectare | 0.0291 tonnes per hectare | Samoa |
| 1970s | 0.466 tonnes per hectare | 0.3353 tonnes per hectare | 0.1307 tonnes per hectare | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 0.5197 tonnes per hectare | 0.2563 tonnes per hectare | 0.2634 tonnes per hectare | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 0.4052 tonnes per hectare | 0.2185 tonnes per hectare | 0.1867 tonnes per hectare | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 0.3616 tonnes per hectare | 0.2155 tonnes per hectare | 0.1461 tonnes per hectare | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 0.3029 tonnes per hectare | 0.188 tonnes per hectare | 0.1149 tonnes per hectare | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 0.2843 tonnes per hectare | 0.1846 tonnes per hectare | 0.0997 tonnes per hectare | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa bean yields, Jamaica or Samoa?
- Jamaica, at 0.2783 tonnes per hectare against 0.1834 tonnes per hectare in Samoa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa bean yields between Jamaica and Samoa?
- 0.0949 tonnes per hectare, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Samoa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Jamaica and Samoa rank globally for cocoa bean yields?
- Jamaica ranks 44th and Samoa ranks 47th of 61 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cocoa bean yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.