Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Comoros
Comoros: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 130 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Comoros, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Comoros recorded 130 ha for cocoa beans — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Comoros peaked at 160 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 58 ha, in 1990.
That places Comoros 47th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Comoros, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 85 ha | -15.0% |
| 1963 | 110 ha | +29.4% |
| 1964 | 116 ha | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 80 ha | -31.0% |
| 1966 | 160 ha | +100.0% |
| 1967 | 116 ha | -27.5% |
| 1968 | 110 ha | -5.2% |
| 1969 | 112 ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 110 ha | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 60 ha | -45.5% |
| 1972 | 110 ha | +83.3% |
| 1973 | 60 ha | -45.5% |
| 1974 | 80 ha | +33.3% |
| 1975 | 60 ha | -25.0% |
| 1976 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 82 ha | +36.7% |
| 1981 | 65 ha | -20.7% |
| 1982 | 83 ha | +27.7% |
| 1983 | 65 ha | -21.7% |
| 1984 | 65 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 65 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 66 ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 67 ha | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 67 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 67 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 58 ha | -13.4% |
| 1991 | 71 ha | +22.4% |
| 1992 | 71 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 72 ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 72 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 72 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 85 ha | +18.1% |
| 1997 | 74 ha | -12.9% |
| 1998 | 74 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 75 ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 78 ha | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 80 ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 81 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 81 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 81 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 82 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 84 ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 89 ha | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 94 ha | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 100 ha | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 106 ha | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 112 ha | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 118 ha | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 120 ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 122 ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 131 ha | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 124 ha | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 127 ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 127 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 129 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 131 ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 129 ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 130 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 130 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 34,605 ha, 0% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 130 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 47,388 ha, 0% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Comoros 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +100.0% | 80 ha | 160 ha |
| 1972 | +83.3% | 60 ha | 110 ha |
| 1971 | -45.5% | 110 ha | 60 ha |
| 1973 | -45.5% | 110 ha | 60 ha |
| 1980 | +36.7% | 60 ha | 82 ha |
| 1974 | +33.3% | 60 ha | 80 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 109.89 ha | 80 ha | 160 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 72 ha | 60 ha | 110 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 69.2 ha | 65 ha | 83 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 72.4 ha | 58 ha | 85 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 85 ha | 78 ha | 100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 121.6 ha | 106 ha | 131 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 130 ha | 129 ha | 131 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Comoros
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3658 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 751.95 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6606 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 36.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 36.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Comoros?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Comoros was 130 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 160 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 58 ha in 1990.
- How does Comoros rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Comoros ranks 47th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Comoros 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.