Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 94,226 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — area harvested in Central America stood at 94,226 ha.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Central America peaked at 119,752 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 76,510 ha, in 2005.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 109,734 ha | 107,383 ha | 113,635 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 109,248 ha | 101,229 ha | 118,548 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 95,641 ha | 79,038 ha | 106,282 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 109,442 ha | 102,872 ha | 119,752 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 94,895 ha | 76,510 ha | 117,923 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 93,122 ha | 86,439 ha | 109,716 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 93,404 ha | 90,854 ha | 95,979 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 14 Papua New Guinea 113,593 ha compare
- 15 India 111,036 ha compare
- 16 Dominican Republic 103,774 ha compare
- 17 Uganda 103,197 ha compare
- 18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 84,675 ha compare
- 19 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 77,391 ha compare
- 20 Congo 53,617 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.05 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 67,514 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 215,845 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 9.27 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 32,019 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 5.12 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 50,692 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 25.03 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 82 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 100,964 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Central America?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Central America was 94,226 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 119,752 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 76,510 ha in 2005.
- How does Central America rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 17th out of 18 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central America 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.