Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 147,714 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 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 Eastern Africa is 147,714 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 23.5% on the previous year and up 57.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 147,714 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,800 ha, in 1961.
That places Eastern Africa 10th out of 24 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,470 ha | 3,800 ha | 5,612 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,224 ha | 5,910 ha | 9,725 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,630 ha | 9,645 ha | 16,467 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,544 ha | 17,072 ha | 23,094 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,510 ha | 21,465 ha | 64,462 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 87,636 ha | 64,490 ha | 107,975 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 121,564 ha | 104,692 ha | 147,714 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 7 Sierra Leone 198,714 ha compare
- 8 Colombia 197,709 ha compare
- 9 Peru 189,602 ha compare
- 10 Liberia 182,495 ha compare
- 11 Papua New Guinea 113,593 ha compare
- 12 India 111,036 ha compare
- 13 Dominican Republic 103,774 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 205,889 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.53 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,968 kg/ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 42 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 147,714 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 147,714 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,800 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 10th out of 24 regions with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.