What is cocoa bean yields in Sri Lanka?

Cocoa bean yields in Sri Lanka was 0.6809 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest cocoa bean yields recorded in Sri Lanka?

The highest recorded value was 0.9506 tonnes per hectare in 2018.

What is the lowest cocoa bean yields recorded in Sri Lanka?

The lowest recorded value was 0.1013 tonnes per hectare in 1972.

How does Sri Lanka rank for cocoa bean yields?

Sri Lanka ranks 9th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.

Is cocoa bean yields rising or falling in Sri Lanka?

Over the last ten years it is down 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?

The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cocoa bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Cocoa bean yields in Sri Lanka

Name: Cocoa bean yields in Sri Lanka
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Sri Lanka: Cocoa bean yields was 0.6809 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

0.6809 tonnes per hectare

Change on year

down 9.6%

World rank

9th

of 61 countries

All-time high

0.9506 tonnes per hectare

in 2018

All-time low

0.1013 tonnes per hectare

in 1972

Years of data

1961–2024

Cocoa bean yields in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.

Analysis

In 2024, cocoa bean yields in Sri Lanka stood at 0.6809 tonnes per hectare.

The figure is down 9.6% on the previous year and down 18.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cocoa bean yields in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.9506 tonnes per hectare in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.1013 tonnes per hectare, in 1972.

Sri Lanka ranks 9th of 61 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.241 tonnes per hectare	0.1803 tonnes per hectare	0.3058 tonnes per hectare	9
1970s	0.1981 tonnes per hectare	0.1013 tonnes per hectare	0.2591 tonnes per hectare	10
1980s	0.3324 tonnes per hectare	0.2837 tonnes per hectare	0.4509 tonnes per hectare	10
1990s	0.6096 tonnes per hectare	0.4877 tonnes per hectare	0.6722 tonnes per hectare	10
2000s	0.651 tonnes per hectare	0.6021 tonnes per hectare	0.6814 tonnes per hectare	10
2010s	0.7444 tonnes per hectare	0.6337 tonnes per hectare	0.9506 tonnes per hectare	10
2020s	0.7315 tonnes per hectare	0.6809 tonnes per hectare	0.8018 tonnes per hectare	5

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

6 Peru 0.8294 tonnes per hectare compare
7 Ecuador 0.7454 tonnes per hectare compare
8 Tanzania 0.7175 tonnes per hectare compare
10 Grenada 0.5911 tonnes per hectare compare
11 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.5905 tonnes per hectare compare
12 Ghana 0.5762 tonnes per hectare compare

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More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.10 billion current US$ (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.4% (2025)
Rural population 17.31 million (2025)
Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
Rural population 79.5% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.4% (2025)
Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
Land under cereal production 1.25 million hectares (2023)

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Frequently asked questions

What is cocoa bean yields in Sri Lanka?: Cocoa bean yields in Sri Lanka was 0.6809 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest cocoa bean yields recorded in Sri Lanka?: The highest recorded value was 0.9506 tonnes per hectare in 2018.
What is the lowest cocoa bean yields recorded in Sri Lanka?: The lowest recorded value was 0.1013 tonnes per hectare in 1972.
How does Sri Lanka rank for cocoa bean yields?: Sri Lanka ranks 9th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
Is cocoa bean yields rising or falling in Sri Lanka?: Over the last ten years it is down 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cocoa bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Cocoa bean yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 61 places, 3,632 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.