Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Brazil
Brazil: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 617,168 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 617,168 ha for cocoa beans — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and down 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Brazil peaked at 738,536 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 407,329 ha, in 1976.
That places Brazil 5th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Brazil, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 474,270 ha | — |
| 1962 | 464,762 ha | -2.0% |
| 1963 | 469,644 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 487,136 ha | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 482,317 ha | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 455,866 ha | -5.5% |
| 1967 | 473,078 ha | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 432,691 ha | -8.5% |
| 1969 | 437,637 ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 443,916 ha | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 447,693 ha | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 430,184 ha | -3.9% |
| 1973 | 416,175 ha | -3.3% |
| 1974 | 508,570 ha | +22.2% |
| 1975 | 450,949 ha | -11.3% |
| 1976 | 407,329 ha | -9.7% |
| 1977 | 412,743 ha | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 443,866 ha | +7.5% |
| 1979 | 453,569 ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 482,521 ha | +6.4% |
| 1981 | 504,935 ha | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 533,273 ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 590,744 ha | +10.8% |
| 1984 | 586,242 ha | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 649,070 ha | +10.7% |
| 1986 | 656,558 ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 648,476 ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 667,179 ha | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 659,522 ha | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 664,853 ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 667,897 ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 731,425 ha | +9.5% |
| 1993 | 734,124 ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 698,634 ha | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 738,536 ha | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 661,923 ha | -10.4% |
| 1997 | 715,671 ha | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 709,798 ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 681,120 ha | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 705,965 ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 665,809 ha | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 582,315 ha | -12.5% |
| 2003 | 590,945 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 638,825 ha | +8.1% |
| 2005 | 625,384 ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 647,135 ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 628,928 ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 641,337 ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 635,975 ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 660,711 ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 680,484 ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 684,333 ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 689,276 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 704,122 ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 702,841 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 720,055 ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 590,813 ha | -17.9% |
| 2018 | 577,191 ha | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 581,897 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 588,501 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 600,789 ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 602,785 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 612,692 ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 617,168 ha | +0.7% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 617,168 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,284 ha, 187.9× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 617,168 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,533 ha, 136.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 464,156 ha | 432,691 ha | 487,136 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 441,499 ha | 407,329 ha | 508,570 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 597,852 ha | 482,521 ha | 667,179 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 700,398 ha | 661,923 ha | 738,536 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 636,262 ha | 582,315 ha | 705,965 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 659,172 ha | 577,191 ha | 720,055 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 604,387 ha | 588,501 ha | 617,168 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 2 Nigeria 1.30 million ha compare
- 3 Ghana 919,824 ha compare
- 4 Cameroon 642,244 ha compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 3.81 million ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 127,342 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 84,675 ha compare
- 6 Ecuador 541,588 ha compare
- 7 Sierra Leone 198,714 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 77,391 ha compare
- 8 Colombia 197,709 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 20,907 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Brazil?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Brazil was 617,168 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 738,536 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 407,329 ha in 1976.
- How does Brazil rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 5th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.