Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Liberia
Liberia: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 182,495 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Liberia, 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 Liberia is 182,495 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 245.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Liberia peaked at 209,245 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 3,268 ha, in 1994.
That places Liberia 10th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Liberia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 9,500 ha | +46.2% |
| 1965 | 8,500 ha | -10.5% |
| 1966 | 10,500 ha | +23.5% |
| 1967 | 10,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1968 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 9,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1970 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 11,774 ha | +30.8% |
| 1972 | 14,000 ha | +18.9% |
| 1973 | 10,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1974 | 14,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1975 | 9,500 ha | -32.1% |
| 1976 | 8,500 ha | -10.5% |
| 1977 | 9,200 ha | +8.2% |
| 1978 | 16,000 ha | +73.9% |
| 1979 | 15,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 25,000 ha | +56.2% |
| 1982 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 25,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 25,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 29,412 ha | +13.6% |
| 1988 | 25,900 ha | -11.9% |
| 1989 | 30,000 ha | +15.8% |
| 1990 | 14,000 ha | -53.3% |
| 1991 | 5,000 ha | -64.3% |
| 1992 | 4,338 ha | -13.2% |
| 1993 | 4,000 ha | -7.8% |
| 1994 | 3,268 ha | -18.3% |
| 1995 | 5,400 ha | +65.2% |
| 1996 | 5,614 ha | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 5,000 ha | -10.9% |
| 1998 | 15,000 ha | +200.0% |
| 1999 | 14,998 ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 24,000 ha | +60.0% |
| 2001 | 10,000 ha | -58.3% |
| 2002 | 11,274 ha | +12.7% |
| 2003 | 15,000 ha | +33.0% |
| 2004 | 15,940 ha | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 17,000 ha | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 6,000 ha | -64.7% |
| 2007 | 10,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 2008 | 25,000 ha | +150.0% |
| 2009 | 27,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 39,000 ha | +44.4% |
| 2011 | 68,000 ha | +74.4% |
| 2012 | 70,500 ha | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 60,000 ha | -14.9% |
| 2014 | 52,900 ha | -11.8% |
| 2015 | 44,808 ha | -15.3% |
| 2016 | 209,245 ha | +367.0% |
| 2017 | 72,966 ha | -65.1% |
| 2018 | 66,365 ha | -9.0% |
| 2019 | 78,359 ha | +18.1% |
| 2020 | 108,530 ha | +38.5% |
| 2021 | 132,078 ha | +21.7% |
| 2022 | 128,121 ha | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 182,762 ha | +42.6% |
| 2024 | 182,495 ha | -0.1% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 182,495 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 103,197 ha, 1.8× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 182,495 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 47,388 ha, 3.9× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Liberia 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 | +367.0% | 44,808 ha | 209,245 ha |
| 1998 | +200.0% | 5,000 ha | 15,000 ha |
| 2008 | +150.0% | 10,000 ha | 25,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,556 ha | 6,500 ha | 10,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,697 ha | 8,500 ha | 16,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,311 ha | 16,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,662 ha | 3,268 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,121 ha | 6,000 ha | 27,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 76,214 ha | 39,000 ha | 209,245 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 146,797 ha | 108,530 ha | 182,762 ha | 5 |
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- 13 Micronesia (Federated States of) 82 ha compare
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More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Liberia?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Liberia was 182,495 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 209,245 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,268 ha in 1994.
- How does Liberia rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Liberia ranks 10th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 245.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Liberia 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.