Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Samoa
Samoa: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 2,632 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Samoa, 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 Samoa is 2,632 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Samoa peaked at 12,141 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1991.
Samoa ranks 36th 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 Samoa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,903 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,141 ha | +36.4% |
| 1963 | 10,117 ha | -16.7% |
| 1964 | 10,117 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,000 ha | -40.7% |
| 1966 | 8,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 7,082 ha | -11.5% |
| 1969 | 6,515 ha | -8.0% |
| 1970 | 7,000 ha | +7.4% |
| 1971 | 7,284 ha | +4.1% |
| 1972 | 5,000 ha | -31.4% |
| 1973 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5,300 ha | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 5,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 1976 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 7,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1982 | 5,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1983 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 4,940 ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 4,940 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | -39.3% |
| 1987 | 2,200 ha | -26.7% |
| 1988 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,660 ha | +20.9% |
| 1990 | 1,400 ha | -47.4% |
| 1991 | 1,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1992 | 4,500 ha | +350.0% |
| 1993 | 2,215 ha | -50.8% |
| 1994 | 1,800 ha | -18.7% |
| 1995 | 2,212 ha | +22.9% |
| 1996 | 2,227 ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 2,239 ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 2,251 ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 2,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,350 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 2,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,400 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,522 ha | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 2,532 ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 2,546 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 2,573 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 2,560 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 2,581 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 2,597 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 2,604 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 2,611 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 2,622 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 2,632 ha | +0.4% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 2,632 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,284 ha, 80% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 2,632 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,556 ha, 58% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Samoa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +350.0% | 1,000 ha | 4,500 ha |
| 1993 | -50.8% | 4,500 ha | 2,215 ha |
| 1981 | +50.0% | 5,000 ha | 7,500 ha |
| 1990 | -47.4% | 2,660 ha | 1,400 ha |
| 1965 | -40.7% | 10,117 ha | 6,000 ha |
| 1986 | -39.3% | 4,940 ha | 3,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,542 ha | 6,000 ha | 12,141 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,458 ha | 5,000 ha | 7,284 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,244 ha | 2,200 ha | 7,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,214 ha | 1,000 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,315 ha | 2,300 ha | 2,350 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,486 ha | 2,350 ha | 2,581 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,613 ha | 2,597 ha | 2,632 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Samoa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0909 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 533.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.586 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8249 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Samoa?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Samoa was 2,632 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 12,141 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1991.
- How does Samoa rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Samoa ranks 36th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Samoa 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.