Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 1,689 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — area harvested in Sri Lanka stood at 1,689 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 3.7% on the previous year and down 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 19,740 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 1,689 ha, in 2024.
Sri Lanka ranks 48th of 64 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,032 ha | 9,339 ha | 13,971 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,118 ha | 7,720 ha | 19,740 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,437 ha | 7,960 ha | 8,750 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,623 ha | 5,550 ha | 8,656 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,427 ha | 2,350 ha | 5,430 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,292 ha | 1,987 ha | 2,730 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,774 ha | 1,689 ha | 1,825 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 45 Trinidad and Tobago 1,930 ha compare
- 46 Gabon 1,815 ha compare
- 47 Timor-Leste 1,728 ha compare
- 49 Guyana 1,175 ha compare
- 50 El Salvador 875 ha compare
- 51 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 826 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture share gdp 8.36 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.36 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
- Rural population 79.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 17.31 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 8,514 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 1,689 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 19,740 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,689 ha in 2024.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 48th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.