Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Honduras
Honduras: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 6,865 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Honduras, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — area harvested in Honduras stood at 6,865 ha.
The figure is up 56.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Honduras peaked at 8,700 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 192 ha, in 1962.
That places Honduras 26th 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 Honduras, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 209 ha | — |
| 1962 | 192 ha | -8.1% |
| 1963 | 251 ha | +30.7% |
| 1964 | 261 ha | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 272 ha | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 286 ha | +5.1% |
| 1967 | 352 ha | +23.1% |
| 1968 | 349 ha | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 377 ha | +8.0% |
| 1970 | 300 ha | -20.4% |
| 1971 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 500 ha | +66.7% |
| 1978 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1983 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,600 ha | +60.0% |
| 1985 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 2,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1987 | 2,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 1988 | 1,900 ha | -17.4% |
| 1989 | 6,500 ha | +242.1% |
| 1990 | 6,613 ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 8,000 ha | +21.0% |
| 1992 | 6,500 ha | -18.8% |
| 1993 | 8,700 ha | +33.8% |
| 1994 | 7,200 ha | -17.2% |
| 1995 | 5,700 ha | -20.8% |
| 1996 | 6,500 ha | +14.0% |
| 1997 | 4,100 ha | -36.9% |
| 1998 | 6,500 ha | +58.5% |
| 1999 | 5,500 ha | -15.4% |
| 2000 | 4,800 ha | -12.7% |
| 2001 | 3,308 ha | -31.1% |
| 2002 | 2,520 ha | -23.8% |
| 2003 | 2,498 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 2,485 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 2,456 ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 2,500 ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 606 ha | -75.8% |
| 2008 | 1,400 ha | +131.0% |
| 2009 | 3,304 ha | +136.0% |
| 2010 | 2,070 ha | -37.3% |
| 2011 | 3,012 ha | +45.5% |
| 2012 | 1,660 ha | -44.9% |
| 2013 | 1,518 ha | -8.6% |
| 2014 | 4,400 ha | +189.9% |
| 2015 | 4,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 4,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 4,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 4,600 ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 3,069 ha | -33.3% |
| 2020 | 6,428 ha | +109.4% |
| 2021 | 6,865 ha | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 6,865 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 6,865 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 6,865 ha | +0.0% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 6,865 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 34,605 ha, 20% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 6,865 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,533 ha, 1.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Honduras 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +242.1% | 1,900 ha | 6,500 ha |
| 2014 | +189.9% | 1,518 ha | 4,400 ha |
| 2009 | +136.0% | 1,400 ha | 3,304 ha |
| 2008 | +131.0% | 606 ha | 1,400 ha |
| 2020 | +109.4% | 3,069 ha | 6,428 ha |
| 1982 | +100.0% | 500 ha | 1,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 283.22 ha | 192 ha | 377 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 360 ha | 300 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,900 ha | 500 ha | 6,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,531 ha | 4,100 ha | 8,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,588 ha | 606 ha | 4,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,363 ha | 1,518 ha | 4,600 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,778 ha | 6,428 ha | 6,865 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
- 23 Solomon Islands 10,754 ha compare
- 24 Dominica 10,705 ha compare
- 25 Costa Rica 7,783 ha compare
- 27 Malaysia 6,203 ha compare
- 28 Haiti 6,142 ha compare
- 29 Equatorial Guinea 5,887 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Honduras
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1332 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 479.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.513 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4075 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Honduras?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Honduras was 6,865 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 8,700 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 192 ha in 1962.
- How does Honduras rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Honduras ranks 26th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Honduras 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.