Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Asia
Asia: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 1.54 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — area harvested in Asia stood at 1.54 million ha.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Asia peaked at 1.94 million ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 27,769 ha, in 1963.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,151 ha | — |
| 1962 | 30,613 ha | -1.7% |
| 1963 | 27,769 ha | -9.3% |
| 1964 | 29,397 ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 30,754 ha | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 30,736 ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 32,144 ha | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 31,179 ha | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 32,374 ha | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 31,913 ha | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 33,947 ha | +6.4% |
| 1972 | 43,897 ha | +29.3% |
| 1973 | 31,949 ha | -27.2% |
| 1974 | 36,676 ha | +14.8% |
| 1975 | 39,578 ha | +7.9% |
| 1976 | 43,377 ha | +9.6% |
| 1977 | 51,771 ha | +19.4% |
| 1978 | 48,766 ha | -5.8% |
| 1979 | 57,868 ha | +18.7% |
| 1980 | 87,994 ha | +52.1% |
| 1981 | 101,645 ha | +15.5% |
| 1982 | 117,376 ha | +15.5% |
| 1983 | 141,459 ha | +20.5% |
| 1984 | 179,997 ha | +27.2% |
| 1985 | 189,965 ha | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 242,436 ha | +27.6% |
| 1987 | 294,280 ha | +21.4% |
| 1988 | 387,909 ha | +31.8% |
| 1989 | 447,035 ha | +15.2% |
| 1990 | 504,602 ha | +12.9% |
| 1991 | 629,971 ha | +24.8% |
| 1992 | 614,377 ha | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 642,749 ha | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 665,796 ha | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 598,339 ha | -10.1% |
| 1996 | 601,947 ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 562,376 ha | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 554,968 ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 803,214 ha | +44.7% |
| 2000 | 861,372 ha | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 858,390 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 860,095 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 1.04 million ha | +21.4% |
| 2004 | 1.17 million ha | +12.4% |
| 2005 | 1.24 million ha | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 981,481 ha | -21.1% |
| 2007 | 996,836 ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 1.49 million ha | +49.7% |
| 2009 | 1.65 million ha | +10.8% |
| 2010 | 1.73 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 1.82 million ha | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 1.94 million ha | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 1.83 million ha | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 1.83 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 1.82 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 1.82 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.78 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 1.75 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 1.70 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 1.65 million ha | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 1.57 million ha | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 1.57 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1.55 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 1.54 million ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,680 ha | 27,769 ha | 32,374 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 41,974 ha | 31,913 ha | 57,868 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 219,010 ha | 87,994 ha | 447,035 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 617,834 ha | 504,602 ha | 803,214 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.12 million ha | 858,390 ha | 1.65 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.80 million ha | 1.70 million ha | 1.94 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.58 million ha | 1.54 million ha | 1.65 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Asia?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Asia was 1.54 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.94 million ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,769 ha in 1963.
- How does Asia rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 14 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cocoa beans — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.