Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 197,709 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 197,709 ha for cocoa beans — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.6% on the previous year and up 48.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 197,709 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 33,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Colombia 8th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 34,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1963 | 35,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 37,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1965 | 37,400 ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 38,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 37,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 39,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 41,300 ha | +5.9% |
| 1970 | 45,700 ha | +10.7% |
| 1971 | 49,000 ha | +7.2% |
| 1972 | 52,600 ha | +7.3% |
| 1973 | 54,900 ha | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 57,900 ha | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 52,600 ha | -9.2% |
| 1976 | 54,500 ha | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 57,500 ha | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 60,500 ha | +5.2% |
| 1979 | 62,700 ha | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 64,400 ha | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 68,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 77,300 ha | +13.7% |
| 1983 | 75,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 85,350 ha | +13.8% |
| 1985 | 91,600 ha | +7.3% |
| 1986 | 96,900 ha | +5.8% |
| 1987 | 104,790 ha | +8.1% |
| 1988 | 112,250 ha | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 118,200 ha | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 120,712 ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 125,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 119,688 ha | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 125,642 ha | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 108,551 ha | -13.6% |
| 1995 | 121,674 ha | +12.1% |
| 1996 | 113,328 ha | -6.9% |
| 1997 | 109,624 ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 95,413 ha | -13.0% |
| 1999 | 97,786 ha | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 83,138 ha | -15.0% |
| 2001 | 80,165 ha | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 83,406 ha | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 86,784 ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 73,674 ha | -15.1% |
| 2005 | 80,650 ha | +9.5% |
| 2006 | 77,320 ha | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 86,937 ha | +12.4% |
| 2008 | 90,959 ha | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 95,167 ha | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 95,641 ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 99,205 ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 151,144 ha | +52.4% |
| 2013 | 155,151 ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 133,339 ha | -14.1% |
| 2015 | 136,758 ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 141,143 ha | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 104,146 ha | -26.2% |
| 2018 | 105,739 ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 117,818 ha | +11.4% |
| 2020 | 188,371 ha | +59.9% |
| 2021 | 194,428 ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 190,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 190,800 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 197,709 ha | +3.6% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 197,709 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,284 ha, 60.2× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 197,709 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,533 ha, 43.6× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Colombia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +59.9% | 117,818 ha | 188,371 ha |
| 2012 | +52.4% | 99,205 ha | 151,144 ha |
| 2017 | -26.2% | 141,143 ha | 104,146 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,856 ha | 33,000 ha | 41,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 54,790 ha | 45,700 ha | 62,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 89,379 ha | 64,400 ha | 118,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 113,742 ha | 95,413 ha | 125,642 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 83,820 ha | 73,674 ha | 95,167 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 124,008 ha | 95,641 ha | 155,151 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 192,262 ha | 188,371 ha | 197,709 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 5 Brazil 617,168 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 United Republic of Tanzania 20,907 ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Colombia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 851.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.2113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2122 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Colombia?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Colombia was 197,709 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 197,709 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Colombia rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 8th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia 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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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.