Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 52,274 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Mexico, 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 Mexico is 52,274 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 95,000 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 51,953 ha, in 2021.
Mexico ranks 16th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 67,994 ha | — |
| 1962 | 68,073 ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 68,512 ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 68,500 ha | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 69,756 ha | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 70,015 ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 68,951 ha | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 69,894 ha | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 72,908 ha | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 75,934 ha | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 78,358 ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 78,365 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 80,316 ha | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 82,373 ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 72,364 ha | -12.2% |
| 1976 | 72,377 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 64,412 ha | -11.0% |
| 1978 | 64,891 ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 66,328 ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 68,629 ha | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 67,333 ha | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 65,842 ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 59,085 ha | -10.3% |
| 1984 | 71,163 ha | +20.4% |
| 1985 | 72,022 ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 72,017 ha | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 69,412 ha | -3.6% |
| 1988 | 77,902 ha | +12.2% |
| 1989 | 65,759 ha | -15.6% |
| 1990 | 74,915 ha | +13.9% |
| 1991 | 69,445 ha | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 77,330 ha | +11.4% |
| 1993 | 76,748 ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 79,450 ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 91,464 ha | +15.1% |
| 1996 | 91,142 ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 89,606 ha | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 84,839 ha | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 85,648 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 81,023 ha | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 83,037 ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 83,130 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 80,903 ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 80,879 ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 61,477 ha | -24.0% |
| 2006 | 60,866 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 60,934 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 79,000 ha | +29.6% |
| 2009 | 95,000 ha | +20.3% |
| 2010 | 86,898 ha | -8.5% |
| 2011 | 76,177 ha | -12.3% |
| 2012 | 72,388 ha | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 65,131 ha | -10.0% |
| 2014 | 59,624 ha | -8.5% |
| 2015 | 59,118 ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 58,734 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 58,690 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 58,361 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 58,527 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 58,598 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 51,953 ha | -11.3% |
| 2022 | 52,054 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 52,232 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 52,274 ha | +0.1% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 52,274 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,284 ha, 15.9× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 52,274 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,533 ha, 11.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Mexico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +29.6% | 60,934 ha | 79,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69,400 ha | 67,994 ha | 72,908 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 73,572 ha | 64,412 ha | 82,373 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 68,916 ha | 59,085 ha | 77,902 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 82,059 ha | 69,445 ha | 91,464 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 76,625 ha | 60,866 ha | 95,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,365 ha | 58,361 ha | 86,898 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53,422 ha | 51,953 ha | 58,598 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 13 Dominican Republic 103,774 ha compare
- 13 Micronesia (Federated States of) 82 ha compare
- 13 Micronesia 82 ha compare
- 14 Uganda 103,197 ha compare
- 15 Congo 53,617 ha compare
- 17 Guinea 50,901 ha compare
- 18 Sao Tome and Principe 43,874 ha compare
- 19 Philippines 33,055 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Mexico?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Mexico was 52,274 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 95,000 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 51,953 ha in 2021.
- How does Mexico rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 16th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mexico 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.