Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 5,887 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Equatorial Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea stood at 5,887 ha.
That represents a change of up 20.0% on the previous year and down 33.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 102,000 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 4,907 ha, in 2023.
That places Equatorial Guinea 29th out of 53 countries 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.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 90,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 102,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1969 | 90,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1970 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 70,000 ha | -22.2% |
| 1973 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 71,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 71,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 72,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 72,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 73,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 70,000 ha | -4.1% |
| 1984 | 72,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 72,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 72,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 74,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 74,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 74,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 70,000 ha | -5.4% |
| 1991 | 55,000 ha | -21.4% |
| 1992 | 65,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 1993 | 35,645 ha | -45.2% |
| 1994 | 50,000 ha | +40.3% |
| 1995 | 40,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1996 | 44,425 ha | +11.1% |
| 1997 | 50,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1998 | 42,000 ha | -16.0% |
| 1999 | 50,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 2000 | 45,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 2001 | 40,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 2002 | 20,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 2003 | 24,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2004 | 30,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2005 | 29,883 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 20,000 ha | -33.1% |
| 2007 | 25,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2008 | 20,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 2009 | 12,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 2010 | 11,879 ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 8,914 ha | -25.0% |
| 2012 | 7,008 ha | -21.4% |
| 2013 | 7,010 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 8,789 ha | +25.4% |
| 2015 | 9,834 ha | +11.9% |
| 2016 | 9,792 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 9,763 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 9,760 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 9,770 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 9,740 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 5,849 ha | -39.9% |
| 2022 | 9,818 ha | +67.9% |
| 2023 | 4,907 ha | -50.0% |
| 2024 | 5,887 ha | +20.0% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 5,887 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,284 ha, 1.8× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 5,887 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 47,388 ha, 12% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Equatorial Guinea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +67.9% | 5,849 ha | 9,818 ha |
| 2002 | -50.0% | 40,000 ha | 20,000 ha |
| 2023 | -50.0% | 9,818 ha | 4,907 ha |
| 1993 | -45.2% | 65,000 ha | 35,645 ha |
| 1994 | +40.3% | 35,645 ha | 50,000 ha |
| 2009 | -40.0% | 20,000 ha | 12,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 91,333 ha | 90,000 ha | 102,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 74,200 ha | 70,000 ha | 90,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 72,500 ha | 70,000 ha | 74,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 50,207 ha | 35,645 ha | 70,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,588 ha | 12,000 ha | 45,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,252 ha | 7,008 ha | 11,879 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,240 ha | 4,907 ha | 9,818 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Equatorial Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0321 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 212.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 30.0% (1983)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (1983)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea was 5,887 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 102,000 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,907 ha in 2023.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 29th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.