Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 10,754 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Solomon Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Solomon Islands recorded 10,754 ha for cocoa beans — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 7.5% on the previous year and down 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Solomon Islands peaked at 15,100 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 24 ha, in 1961.
That places Solomon Islands 23rd out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50 ha | +108.3% |
| 1963 | 80 ha | +60.0% |
| 1964 | 125 ha | +56.2% |
| 1965 | 160 ha | +28.0% |
| 1966 | 200 ha | +25.0% |
| 1967 | 125 ha | -37.5% |
| 1968 | 215 ha | +72.0% |
| 1969 | 200 ha | -7.0% |
| 1970 | 260 ha | +30.0% |
| 1971 | 240 ha | -7.7% |
| 1972 | 130 ha | -45.8% |
| 1973 | 170 ha | +30.8% |
| 1974 | 210 ha | +23.5% |
| 1975 | 400 ha | +90.5% |
| 1976 | 230 ha | -42.5% |
| 1977 | 350 ha | +52.2% |
| 1978 | 470 ha | +34.3% |
| 1979 | 600 ha | +27.7% |
| 1980 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 1981 | 1,200 ha | +71.4% |
| 1982 | 1,350 ha | +12.5% |
| 1983 | 2,350 ha | +74.1% |
| 1984 | 3,400 ha | +44.7% |
| 1985 | 3,350 ha | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 3,750 ha | +11.9% |
| 1987 | 5,400 ha | +44.0% |
| 1988 | 5,250 ha | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 6,598 ha | +25.7% |
| 1990 | 7,800 ha | +18.2% |
| 1991 | 9,230 ha | +18.3% |
| 1992 | 8,300 ha | -10.1% |
| 1993 | 6,500 ha | -21.7% |
| 1994 | 6,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1996 | 4,929 ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 7,000 ha | +42.0% |
| 1998 | 6,939 ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 5,300 ha | -23.6% |
| 2000 | 6,000 ha | +13.2% |
| 2001 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 7,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 2003 | 11,000 ha | +57.1% |
| 2004 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2005 | 11,700 ha | +17.0% |
| 2006 | 9,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 2007 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10,600 ha | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 12,500 ha | +17.9% |
| 2011 | 15,100 ha | +20.8% |
| 2012 | 12,000 ha | -20.5% |
| 2013 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12,200 ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 11,667 ha | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 11,225 ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 11,411 ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 11,697 ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 10,494 ha | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 11,337 ha | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 12,635 ha | +11.4% |
| 2022 | 10,000 ha | -20.9% |
| 2023 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 10,754 ha | +7.5% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's 10,754 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 34,605 ha, 31% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's 10,754 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,556 ha, 2.4× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 131 ha | 24 ha | 215 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 306 ha | 130 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,335 ha | 700 ha | 6,598 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,700 ha | 4,929 ha | 9,230 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,030 ha | 5,000 ha | 11,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,029 ha | 10,494 ha | 15,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,945 ha | 10,000 ha | 12,635 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Solomon Islands
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2973 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 574.77 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6869 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.7% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 73.3% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Solomon Islands?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Solomon Islands was 10,754 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 15,100 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 24 ha in 1961.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Solomon Islands ranks 23rd out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.