Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 128,433 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — area harvested in Caribbean stood at 128,433 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and down 35.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 222,352 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 114,190 ha, in 1969.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 126,050 ha | — |
| 1962 | 126,430 ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 131,940 ha | +4.4% |
| 1964 | 127,190 ha | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 118,750 ha | -6.6% |
| 1966 | 121,840 ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 119,140 ha | -2.2% |
| 1968 | 121,590 ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 114,190 ha | -6.1% |
| 1970 | 151,640 ha | +32.8% |
| 1971 | 135,440 ha | -10.7% |
| 1972 | 151,590 ha | +11.9% |
| 1973 | 149,120 ha | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 153,190 ha | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 132,940 ha | -13.2% |
| 1976 | 140,490 ha | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 144,690 ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 145,814 ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 149,798 ha | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 138,749 ha | -7.4% |
| 1981 | 145,308 ha | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 182,309 ha | +25.5% |
| 1983 | 183,983 ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 167,416 ha | -9.0% |
| 1985 | 158,045 ha | -5.6% |
| 1986 | 170,298 ha | +7.8% |
| 1987 | 222,352 ha | +30.6% |
| 1988 | 169,410 ha | -23.8% |
| 1989 | 160,183 ha | -5.4% |
| 1990 | 166,339 ha | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 161,352 ha | -3.0% |
| 1992 | 157,639 ha | -2.3% |
| 1993 | 167,580 ha | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 173,369 ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 203,292 ha | +17.3% |
| 1996 | 182,288 ha | -10.3% |
| 1997 | 183,701 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 190,245 ha | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 144,669 ha | -24.0% |
| 2000 | 192,260 ha | +32.9% |
| 2001 | 151,127 ha | -21.4% |
| 2002 | 162,698 ha | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 158,348 ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 160,236 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 181,111 ha | +13.0% |
| 2006 | 188,964 ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 186,226 ha | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 185,656 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 188,012 ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 190,563 ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 188,538 ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 190,715 ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 194,145 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 200,449 ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 203,284 ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 210,333 ha | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 175,484 ha | -16.6% |
| 2018 | 180,590 ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 179,513 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 194,935 ha | +8.6% |
| 2021 | 176,555 ha | -9.4% |
| 2022 | 217,299 ha | +23.1% |
| 2023 | 124,671 ha | -42.6% |
| 2024 | 128,433 ha | +3.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Caribbean changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -42.6% | 217,299 ha | 124,671 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 123,013 ha | 114,190 ha | 131,940 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 145,471 ha | 132,940 ha | 153,190 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 169,805 ha | 138,749 ha | 222,352 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 173,047 ha | 144,669 ha | 203,292 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 175,464 ha | 151,127 ha | 192,260 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 191,361 ha | 175,484 ha | 210,333 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 168,379 ha | 124,671 ha | 217,299 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 10,397 ha compare
- 9 Peru 189,602 ha compare
- 10 Liberia 182,495 ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 3,122 ha compare
- 11 Papua New Guinea 113,593 ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 2,632 ha compare
- 12 India 111,036 ha compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 1,728 ha compare
- 13 Dominican Republic 103,774 ha compare
- 13 Micronesia (Federated States of) 82 ha compare
- 13 Micronesia 82 ha compare
- 14 Uganda 103,197 ha compare
- 15 Congo 53,617 ha compare
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- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 12.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 17.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 13.21 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Caribbean was 128,433 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 222,352 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 114,190 ha in 1969.
- How does Caribbean rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 12th out of 15 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.