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.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 107,383 ha | — |
| 1962 | 107,975 ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 108,603 ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 108,671 ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 109,748 ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 109,791 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 109,503 ha | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 112,293 ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 113,635 ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 115,835 ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 118,548 ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 106,665 ha | -10.0% |
| 1973 | 113,166 ha | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 112,488 ha | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 101,861 ha | -9.4% |
| 1976 | 101,687 ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 101,229 ha | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 112,331 ha | +11.0% |
| 1979 | 108,673 ha | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 96,469 ha | -11.2% |
| 1981 | 95,433 ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 89,716 ha | -6.0% |
| 1983 | 79,038 ha | -11.9% |
| 1984 | 95,412 ha | +20.7% |
| 1985 | 96,619 ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 98,297 ha | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 97,143 ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 106,282 ha | +9.4% |
| 1989 | 102,002 ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 109,941 ha | +7.8% |
| 1991 | 102,872 ha | -6.4% |
| 1992 | 107,856 ha | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 107,922 ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 109,186 ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 119,752 ha | +9.7% |
| 1996 | 119,640 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 105,915 ha | -11.5% |
| 1998 | 104,544 ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 106,790 ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 100,395 ha | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 100,977 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 98,430 ha | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 96,561 ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 97,388 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 76,510 ha | -21.4% |
| 2006 | 81,415 ha | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 79,569 ha | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 99,783 ha | +25.4% |
| 2009 | 117,923 ha | +18.2% |
| 2010 | 109,716 ha | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 101,468 ha | -7.5% |
| 2012 | 96,017 ha | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 89,445 ha | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 86,439 ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 88,440 ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 87,770 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 88,748 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 90,109 ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 93,068 ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 95,979 ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 90,854 ha | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 92,384 ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 93,576 ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 94,226 ha | +0.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Central America 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +25.4% | 79,569 ha | 99,783 ha |
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
- 12 India 111,036 ha compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 1,728 ha compare
- 12 Caribbean 128,433 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
- 16 Mexico 52,274 ha compare
- 17 Guinea 50,901 ha compare
- 18 Sao Tome and Principe 43,874 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -10.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.7054 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4048 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -9.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.8347 % change on previous year (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 15th out of 15 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.