Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Jamaica
Jamaica: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 722 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 722 ha for cocoa beans — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 34.5% on the previous year and down 81.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Jamaica peaked at 8,300 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 537 ha, in 2023.
That places Jamaica 43rd out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,170 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,340 ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 6,300 ha | -14.2% |
| 1964 | 8,300 ha | +31.7% |
| 1965 | 6,100 ha | -26.5% |
| 1966 | 5,100 ha | -16.4% |
| 1967 | 4,100 ha | -19.6% |
| 1968 | 3,850 ha | -6.1% |
| 1969 | 3,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,300 ha | +37.7% |
| 1971 | 4,000 ha | -24.5% |
| 1972 | 4,750 ha | +18.8% |
| 1973 | 4,200 ha | -11.6% |
| 1974 | 3,600 ha | -14.3% |
| 1975 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,650 ha | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 3,000 ha | -17.8% |
| 1980 | 3,600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1981 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,500 ha | -2.8% |
| 1983 | 4,600 ha | +31.4% |
| 1984 | 4,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 4,500 ha | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,562 ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 4,537 ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 6,455 ha | +42.3% |
| 1993 | 6,602 ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 6,612 ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 6,371 ha | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 3,200 ha | -49.8% |
| 1997 | 3,700 ha | +15.6% |
| 1998 | 4,271 ha | +15.4% |
| 1999 | 2,800 ha | -34.4% |
| 2000 | 3,700 ha | +32.1% |
| 2001 | 2,800 ha | -24.3% |
| 2002 | 2,597 ha | -7.2% |
| 2003 | 3,120 ha | +20.1% |
| 2004 | 3,106 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 1,800 ha | -42.0% |
| 2006 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3,500 ha | +94.4% |
| 2008 | 3,400 ha | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 3,800 ha | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 2,000 ha | -47.4% |
| 2012 | 3,800 ha | +90.0% |
| 2013 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,103 ha | -44.7% |
| 2016 | 2,422 ha | +15.2% |
| 2017 | 1,012 ha | -58.2% |
| 2018 | 797 ha | -21.2% |
| 2019 | 1,132 ha | +42.0% |
| 2020 | 669 ha | -40.9% |
| 2021 | 734 ha | +9.7% |
| 2022 | 923 ha | +25.7% |
| 2023 | 537 ha | -41.8% |
| 2024 | 722 ha | +34.5% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 722 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,284 ha, 22% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 722 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,533 ha, 16% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,790 ha | 3,850 ha | 8,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,930 ha | 3,000 ha | 5,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,240 ha | 3,500 ha | 4,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,911 ha | 2,800 ha | 6,612 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,932 ha | 1,800 ha | 3,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,467 ha | 797 ha | 3,800 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 717 ha | 537 ha | 923 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Jamaica?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Jamaica was 722 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 8,300 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 537 ha in 2023.
- How does Jamaica rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 43rd out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 81.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.