Cocoa bean yields by country
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.
Countries reporting
59
Highest
2.86 tonnes per hectare
Thailand
Lowest
0.0287 tonnes per hectare
Suriname
Median
0.4 tonnes per hectare
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
3,632
What the numbers show
Cocoa bean yields is currently reported for 59 countries. The highest value is 2.86 tonnes per hectare in Thailand; the lowest is 0.0287 tonnes per hectare in Suriname.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.4 tonnes per hectare, and the mean is 0.5031 tonnes per hectare.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 100.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 2,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 85.1%).
Cocoa bean yields: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 2.86 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Guatemala | 2.58 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Fiji | 2.5 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2,400.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Togo | 0.9868 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 5 | Madagascar | 0.8944 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 6 | Peru | 0.8294 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 7 | Ecuador | 0.7454 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 8 | Tanzania | 0.7175 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 0.6809 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 10 | Grenada | 0.5911 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.5905 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 12 | Ghana | 0.5762 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 13 | Bolivia | 0.5603 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 14 | Nicaragua | 0.557 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Dominican Republic | 0.5537 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 16 | Mexico | 0.5442 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 17 | Uganda | 0.533 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Vanuatu | 0.5157 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 20 | Cameroon | 0.4983 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 21 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.4955 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 22 | Haiti | 0.4885 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 23 | Brazil | 0.4821 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 24 | Vietnam | 0.4805 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 25 | Guinea | 0.4759 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 26 | Sierra Leone | 0.4718 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 27 | Indonesia | 0.4562 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 28 | El Salvador | 0.4227 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 29 | Belize | 0.4221 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 298.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Guyana | 0.4151 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Tonga | 0.4 tonnes per hectare | 1989 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Papua New Guinea | 0.3962 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 33 | Solomon Islands | 0.3905 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 34 | Micronesia (country) | 0.3808 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 35 | Venezuela | 0.3797 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 36 | Cuba | 0.3717 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 37 | Colombia | 0.3423 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 38 | Comoros | 0.3369 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 39 | Philippines | 0.328 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 40 | Saint Lucia | 0.3057 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Honduras | 0.2913 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 42 | Congo | 0.2798 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 43 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2796 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 44 | Jamaica | 0.2783 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 45 | India | 0.2737 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 29.5% | falling |
| 46 | Nigeria | 0.2691 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 47 | Samoa | 0.1834 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 48 | Liberia | 0.1644 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 49 | Angola | 0.1607 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 0.1285 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 52 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1197 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 53 | East Timor | 0.1025 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 54 | Panama | 0.1022 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 55 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.1019 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Dominica | 0.0934 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0912 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 58 | Malaysia | 0.0717 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Gabon | 0.0551 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Central African Republic | 0.0515 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 61 | Suriname | 0.0287 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.5% | volatile |
About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.