Cocoa beans — Area harvested in India
India: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 111,036 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in India, 1977–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — area harvested in India stood at 111,036 ha. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 56.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in India peaked at 111,036 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 380 ha, in 1977.
India ranks 15th of 64 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 670 ha | 380 ha | 1,000 ha | 3 |
| 1980s | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,122 ha | 10,727 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,866 ha | 15,740 ha | 34,049 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 72,780 ha | 46,300 ha | 94,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 105,407 ha | 98,000 ha | 111,036 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 12 Caribbean 128,433 ha compare
- 13 Melanesia 127,342 ha compare
- 14 Papua New Guinea 113,593 ha compare
- 16 Dominican Republic 103,774 ha compare
- 17 Uganda 103,197 ha compare
- 18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 84,675 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture share gdp 16.23 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.23 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
- Rural population 64.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 941.42 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 642.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 37.61 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in India?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in India was 111,036 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 111,036 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 380 ha in 1977.
- How does India rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- India ranks 15th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India 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.