Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Cuba
Cuba: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 3,937 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 3,937 ha for cocoa beans — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 50.9% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Cuba peaked at 13,500 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 2,514 ha, in 2022.
Cuba ranks 31st of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Cuba, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 13,500 ha | +8.0% |
| 1964 | 7,000 ha | -48.1% |
| 1965 | 11,000 ha | +57.1% |
| 1966 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 9,000 ha | -18.2% |
| 1968 | 11,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 1969 | 8,800 ha | -20.0% |
| 1970 | 9,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 12,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1973 | 11,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1974 | 8,700 ha | -20.9% |
| 1975 | 8,000 ha | -8.0% |
| 1976 | 8,700 ha | +8.8% |
| 1977 | 8,000 ha | -8.0% |
| 1978 | 10,085 ha | +26.1% |
| 1979 | 10,434 ha | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 10,489 ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 9,828 ha | -6.3% |
| 1982 | 9,453 ha | -3.8% |
| 1983 | 9,666 ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 9,116 ha | -5.7% |
| 1985 | 8,844 ha | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 8,698 ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 9,496 ha | +9.2% |
| 1988 | 8,800 ha | -7.3% |
| 1989 | 8,673 ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 8,441 ha | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 7,661 ha | -9.2% |
| 1992 | 8,784 ha | +14.7% |
| 1993 | 9,103 ha | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 8,927 ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 8,692 ha | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 8,737 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 7,945 ha | -9.1% |
| 1998 | 7,169 ha | -9.8% |
| 1999 | 8,292 ha | +15.7% |
| 2000 | 7,118 ha | -14.2% |
| 2001 | 4,195 ha | -41.1% |
| 2002 | 6,595 ha | +57.2% |
| 2003 | 6,600 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 5,784 ha | -12.4% |
| 2005 | 4,054 ha | -29.9% |
| 2006 | 3,999 ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 2,758 ha | -31.0% |
| 2008 | 3,800 ha | +37.8% |
| 2009 | 5,089 ha | +33.9% |
| 2010 | 5,114 ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 5,153 ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 4,203 ha | -18.4% |
| 2013 | 4,303 ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 4,155 ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 4,059 ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 4,172 ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 2,535 ha | -39.2% |
| 2018 | 3,940 ha | +55.4% |
| 2019 | 3,230 ha | -18.0% |
| 2020 | 2,749 ha | -14.9% |
| 2021 | 2,656 ha | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 2,514 ha | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 8,011 ha | +218.7% |
| 2024 | 3,937 ha | -50.9% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 3,937 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,284 ha, 1.2× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 3,937 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,533 ha, 87% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Cuba 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 | +218.7% | 2,514 ha | 8,011 ha |
| 1965 | +57.1% | 7,000 ha | 11,000 ha |
| 2002 | +57.2% | 4,195 ha | 6,595 ha |
| 2018 | +55.4% | 2,535 ha | 3,940 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,700 ha | 7,000 ha | 13,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,492 ha | 8,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,306 ha | 8,673 ha | 10,489 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,375 ha | 7,169 ha | 9,103 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,999 ha | 2,758 ha | 7,118 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,086 ha | 2,535 ha | 5,153 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,973 ha | 2,514 ha | 8,011 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Cuba?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Cuba was 3,937 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 13,500 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,514 ha in 2022.
- How does Cuba rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Cuba ranks 31st out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cuba 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.