Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Fiji
Fiji: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 86 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Fiji, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Fiji recorded 86 ha for cocoa beans — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 45.8% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Fiji peaked at 4,625 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 5 ha, in 2020.
Fiji ranks 48th of 53 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Fiji, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35 ha | — |
| 1962 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 45 ha | +28.6% |
| 1964 | 90 ha | +100.0% |
| 1965 | 80 ha | -11.1% |
| 1966 | 100 ha | +25.0% |
| 1967 | 80 ha | -20.0% |
| 1968 | 180 ha | +125.0% |
| 1969 | 135 ha | -25.0% |
| 1970 | 130 ha | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 180 ha | +38.5% |
| 1972 | 200 ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 50 ha | -75.0% |
| 1974 | 100 ha | +100.0% |
| 1975 | 150 ha | +50.0% |
| 1976 | 180 ha | +20.0% |
| 1977 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 220 ha | +22.2% |
| 1979 | 257 ha | +16.8% |
| 1980 | 294 ha | +14.4% |
| 1981 | 346 ha | +17.7% |
| 1982 | 380 ha | +9.8% |
| 1983 | 756 ha | +98.9% |
| 1984 | 764 ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 1,189 ha | +55.6% |
| 1986 | 1,785 ha | +50.1% |
| 1987 | 1,452 ha | -18.7% |
| 1988 | 1,342 ha | -7.6% |
| 1989 | 1,576 ha | +17.4% |
| 1990 | 2,124 ha | +34.8% |
| 1991 | 2,153 ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 3,637 ha | +68.9% |
| 1993 | 1,720 ha | -52.7% |
| 1994 | 2,870 ha | +66.9% |
| 1995 | 2,857 ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 2,520 ha | -11.8% |
| 1997 | 1,500 ha | -40.5% |
| 1998 | 2,626 ha | +75.1% |
| 1999 | 4,625 ha | +76.1% |
| 2000 | 644 ha | -86.1% |
| 2001 | 376 ha | -41.6% |
| 2002 | 300 ha | -20.2% |
| 2003 | 118 ha | -60.7% |
| 2004 | 250 ha | +111.9% |
| 2005 | 264 ha | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 203 ha | -23.1% |
| 2007 | 250 ha | +23.2% |
| 2008 | 240 ha | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 70 ha | -70.8% |
| 2010 | 48 ha | -31.4% |
| 2011 | 11 ha | -77.1% |
| 2012 | 206 ha | +1772.7% |
| 2013 | 190 ha | -7.8% |
| 2014 | 89 ha | -53.2% |
| 2015 | 30 ha | -66.3% |
| 2016 | 10 ha | -66.7% |
| 2017 | 6 ha | -40.0% |
| 2018 | 8 ha | +33.3% |
| 2019 | 9 ha | +12.5% |
| 2020 | 5 ha | -44.4% |
| 2021 | 40 ha | +700.0% |
| 2022 | 66 ha | +65.0% |
| 2023 | 59 ha | -10.6% |
| 2024 | 86 ha | +45.8% |
Fiji compared with similar countries
- Fiji's 86 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,284 ha, 3% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Fiji's 86 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,556 ha, 2% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Fiji 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +1772.7% | 11 ha | 206 ha |
| 2021 | +700.0% | 5 ha | 40 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 86.67 ha | 35 ha | 180 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 164.7 ha | 50 ha | 257 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 988.4 ha | 294 ha | 1,785 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,663 ha | 1,500 ha | 4,625 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 271.5 ha | 70 ha | 644 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.7 ha | 6 ha | 206 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.2 ha | 5 ha | 86 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Fiji
More agriculture & rural data for Fiji
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1405 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 932.92 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6777 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4046 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Fiji?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Fiji was 86 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 4,625 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 ha in 2020.
- How does Fiji rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Fiji ranks 48th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Fiji 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.