Cocoa beans — Area harvested in South America
South America: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 1.64 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in South America, 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 South America is 1.64 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in South America peaked at 1.64 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 752,873 ha, in 1966.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 807,870 ha | — |
| 1962 | 799,653 ha | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 810,121 ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 766,741 ha | -5.4% |
| 1965 | 839,357 ha | +9.5% |
| 1966 | 752,873 ha | -10.3% |
| 1967 | 789,286 ha | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 760,120 ha | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 787,060 ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 797,707 ha | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 797,148 ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 778,298 ha | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 764,807 ha | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 868,911 ha | +13.6% |
| 1975 | 818,208 ha | -5.8% |
| 1976 | 775,312 ha | -5.2% |
| 1977 | 792,213 ha | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 873,857 ha | +10.3% |
| 1979 | 870,204 ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 898,580 ha | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 925,308 ha | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 966,954 ha | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 1.02 million ha | +5.5% |
| 1984 | 1.02 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 1.10 million ha | +8.5% |
| 1986 | 1.16 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 1.16 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 1.20 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 1.20 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 1.21 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 1.20 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 1.28 million ha | +6.6% |
| 1993 | 1.28 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 1.23 million ha | -3.9% |
| 1995 | 1.31 million ha | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 1.22 million ha | -7.5% |
| 1997 | 1.27 million ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 1.21 million ha | -4.7% |
| 1999 | 1.17 million ha | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 1.30 million ha | +10.6% |
| 2001 | 1.28 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 1.14 million ha | -11.2% |
| 2003 | 1.13 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 1.16 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 1.17 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 1.19 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 1.20 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 1.23 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 1.25 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 1.26 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 1.33 million ha | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 1.38 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 1.42 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 1.39 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 1.47 million ha | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 1.53 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 1.40 million ha | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 1.44 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 1.49 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 1.57 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 1.61 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 1.58 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 1.61 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 1.64 million ha | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 790,342 ha | 752,873 ha | 839,357 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 813,666 ha | 764,807 ha | 873,857 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.07 million ha | 898,580 ha | 1.20 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.24 million ha | 1.17 million ha | 1.31 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.20 million ha | 1.13 million ha | 1.30 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.41 million ha | 1.26 million ha | 1.53 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.60 million ha | 1.57 million ha | 1.64 million ha | 5 |
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- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Yield 13,552 kg/ha (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested 330,901 ha (2024)
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- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield 10,891 kg/ha (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in South America?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in South America was 1.64 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.64 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 752,873 ha in 1966.
- How does South America rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- South America ranks 7th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.