Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 757,861 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cocoa beans — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 757,861 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 38.7% on the previous year and up 134.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 757,861 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 98,874 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 98,874 ha | — |
| 1962 | 104,185 ha | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 103,490 ha | -0.7% |
| 1964 | 110,781 ha | +7.0% |
| 1965 | 110,745 ha | -0.0% |
| 1966 | 116,160 ha | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 118,173 ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 126,145 ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 125,682 ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 140,380 ha | +11.7% |
| 1971 | 142,069 ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 145,290 ha | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 143,980 ha | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 149,055 ha | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 145,920 ha | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 143,110 ha | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 142,210 ha | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 157,445 ha | +10.7% |
| 1979 | 161,275 ha | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 159,897 ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 171,995 ha | +7.6% |
| 1982 | 186,013 ha | +8.2% |
| 1983 | 183,065 ha | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 189,665 ha | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 198,765 ha | +4.8% |
| 1986 | 199,826 ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 205,179 ha | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 190,767 ha | -7.0% |
| 1989 | 208,477 ha | +9.3% |
| 1990 | 207,025 ha | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 191,943 ha | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 139,086 ha | -27.5% |
| 1993 | 147,717 ha | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 155,173 ha | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 152,496 ha | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 175,744 ha | +15.2% |
| 1997 | 151,530 ha | -13.8% |
| 1998 | 186,024 ha | +22.8% |
| 1999 | 165,394 ha | -11.1% |
| 2000 | 175,730 ha | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 164,273 ha | -6.5% |
| 2002 | 159,021 ha | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 181,436 ha | +14.1% |
| 2004 | 192,474 ha | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 249,359 ha | +29.6% |
| 2006 | 275,196 ha | +10.4% |
| 2007 | 304,950 ha | +10.8% |
| 2008 | 347,354 ha | +13.9% |
| 2009 | 348,996 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 383,489 ha | +9.9% |
| 2011 | 494,635 ha | +29.0% |
| 2012 | 321,492 ha | -35.0% |
| 2013 | 286,637 ha | -10.8% |
| 2014 | 323,640 ha | +12.9% |
| 2015 | 297,512 ha | -8.1% |
| 2016 | 544,765 ha | +83.1% |
| 2017 | 431,882 ha | -20.7% |
| 2018 | 441,601 ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 349,542 ha | -20.8% |
| 2020 | 508,095 ha | +45.4% |
| 2021 | 448,183 ha | -11.8% |
| 2022 | 485,456 ha | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 546,217 ha | +12.5% |
| 2024 | 757,861 ha | +38.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +83.1% | 297,512 ha | 544,765 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 112,693 ha | 98,874 ha | 126,145 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 147,073 ha | 140,380 ha | 161,275 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 189,365 ha | 159,897 ha | 208,477 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 167,213 ha | 139,086 ha | 207,025 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 239,879 ha | 159,021 ha | 348,996 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 387,520 ha | 286,637 ha | 544,765 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 549,162 ha | 448,183 ha | 757,861 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 Indonesia 1.39 million ha compare
- 2 Nigeria 1.30 million ha compare
- 3 Ghana 919,824 ha compare
- 4 Cameroon 642,244 ha compare
- 5 Brazil 617,168 ha compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 3.81 million ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 127,342 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 84,675 ha compare
- 6 Ecuador 541,588 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 757,861 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 757,861 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 98,874 ha in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 3rd out of 14 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 134.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.