Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Philippines
Philippines: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 33,055 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Philippines, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Philippines recorded 33,055 ha for cocoa beans — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 174.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Philippines peaked at 33,055 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,010 ha, in 1976.
Philippines ranks 19th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Philippines, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,040 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,740 ha | +7.7% |
| 1963 | 9,170 ha | -5.9% |
| 1964 | 9,630 ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 9,390 ha | -2.5% |
| 1966 | 9,400 ha | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 8,800 ha | -6.4% |
| 1968 | 9,220 ha | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 9,200 ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 8,400 ha | -8.7% |
| 1971 | 7,400 ha | -11.9% |
| 1972 | 6,900 ha | -6.8% |
| 1973 | 7,100 ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 6,900 ha | -2.8% |
| 1975 | 6,570 ha | -4.8% |
| 1976 | 4,010 ha | -39.0% |
| 1977 | 4,500 ha | +12.2% |
| 1978 | 4,150 ha | -7.8% |
| 1979 | 4,500 ha | +8.4% |
| 1980 | 4,680 ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 7,400 ha | +58.1% |
| 1982 | 10,900 ha | +47.3% |
| 1983 | 11,305 ha | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 11,600 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 14,901 ha | +28.5% |
| 1986 | 15,752 ha | +5.7% |
| 1987 | 17,485 ha | +11.0% |
| 1988 | 17,743 ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 18,215 ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 18,377 ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 17,287 ha | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 16,791 ha | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 16,794 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 16,146 ha | -3.9% |
| 1995 | 16,235 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 15,861 ha | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 15,151 ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 14,959 ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 15,018 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 12,077 ha | -19.6% |
| 2001 | 11,997 ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 11,525 ha | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 10,846 ha | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 10,845 ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 10,719 ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 10,354 ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 9,985 ha | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 9,751 ha | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 9,538 ha | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 9,463 ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 9,582 ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 9,338 ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 9,431 ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 12,035 ha | +27.6% |
| 2015 | 13,911 ha | +15.6% |
| 2016 | 14,816 ha | +6.5% |
| 2017 | 18,264 ha | +23.3% |
| 2018 | 27,133 ha | +48.6% |
| 2019 | 30,257 ha | +11.5% |
| 2020 | 31,299 ha | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 31,501 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 32,231 ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 32,945 ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 33,055 ha | +0.3% |
Philippines compared with similar countries
- Philippines's 33,055 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,284 ha, 10.1× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Philippines's 33,055 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,556 ha, 7.3× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Philippines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +58.1% | 4,680 ha | 7,400 ha |
| 2018 | +48.6% | 18,264 ha | 27,133 ha |
| 1982 | +47.3% | 7,400 ha | 10,900 ha |
| 1976 | -39.0% | 6,570 ha | 4,010 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,288 ha | 8,800 ha | 9,740 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,043 ha | 4,010 ha | 8,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,998 ha | 4,680 ha | 18,215 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,262 ha | 14,959 ha | 18,377 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,764 ha | 9,538 ha | 12,077 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,423 ha | 9,338 ha | 30,257 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,206 ha | 31,299 ha | 33,055 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Philippines
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2488 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0859 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 358.34 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0874 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Philippines?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Philippines was 33,055 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 33,055 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,010 ha in 1976.
- How does Philippines rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Philippines ranks 19th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is up 174.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Philippines 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.