Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 84,675 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cocoa beans — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo is 84,675 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.5% on the previous year and up 934.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 84,675 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,952 ha, in 2012.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 14,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1965 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1970 | 21,600 ha | +35.0% |
| 1971 | 21,200 ha | -1.9% |
| 1972 | 21,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 20,400 ha | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 19,600 ha | -3.9% |
| 1975 | 20,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 20,100 ha | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 19,800 ha | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 19,600 ha | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 19,900 ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 20,500 ha | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 21,100 ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 21,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 22,300 ha | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 22,900 ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 23,400 ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 21,700 ha | -7.3% |
| 1987 | 18,900 ha | -12.9% |
| 1988 | 18,700 ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 21,500 ha | +15.0% |
| 1990 | 21,750 ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 22,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 24,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 26,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 26,679 ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 24,852 ha | -6.8% |
| 1998 | 23,148 ha | -6.9% |
| 1999 | 23,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 21,724 ha | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 20,752 ha | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 19,167 ha | -7.6% |
| 2003 | 19,033 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 18,900 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 18,767 ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 18,633 ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 18,500 ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 18,367 ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 18,233 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 18,100 ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 18,337 ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 6,952 ha | -62.1% |
| 2013 | 7,087 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 8,188 ha | +15.5% |
| 2015 | 14,562 ha | +77.8% |
| 2016 | 15,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 27,770 ha | +85.1% |
| 2018 | 40,909 ha | +47.3% |
| 2019 | 40,905 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 50,714 ha | +24.0% |
| 2021 | 40,832 ha | -19.5% |
| 2022 | 72,058 ha | +76.5% |
| 2023 | 73,324 ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 84,675 ha | +15.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,889 ha | 14,000 ha | 16,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,320 ha | 19,600 ha | 21,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,270 ha | 18,700 ha | 23,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,943 ha | 21,750 ha | 26,679 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,208 ha | 18,233 ha | 21,724 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,781 ha | 6,952 ha | 40,909 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 64,321 ha | 40,832 ha | 84,675 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 84,675 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 84,675 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,952 ha in 2012.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 6th out of 14 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 934.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of the Congo 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.