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 11th out of 64 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.
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 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
- 8 Sierra Leone 198,714 ha compare
- 9 Colombia 197,709 ha compare
- 10 Peru 189,602 ha compare
- 13 Melanesia 127,342 ha compare
- 14 Papua New Guinea 113,593 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture share gdp 32.65 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 32.65 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
- Rural population 43.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 2.52 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 142,551 t (2024)
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 11th out of 64 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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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.