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 39th 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 Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,971 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,048 ha | -13.8% |
| 1963 | 10,790 ha | -10.4% |
| 1964 | 9,955 ha | -7.7% |
| 1965 | 10,783 ha | +8.3% |
| 1966 | 11,403 ha | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 11,018 ha | -3.4% |
| 1968 | 9,339 ha | -15.2% |
| 1969 | 9,983 ha | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 11,256 ha | +12.8% |
| 1971 | 9,834 ha | -12.6% |
| 1972 | 19,740 ha | +100.7% |
| 1973 | 9,655 ha | -51.1% |
| 1974 | 8,978 ha | -7.0% |
| 1975 | 8,482 ha | -5.5% |
| 1976 | 8,417 ha | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 8,533 ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 8,560 ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 7,720 ha | -9.8% |
| 1980 | 8,459 ha | +9.6% |
| 1981 | 8,550 ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 8,520 ha | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 8,490 ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 8,020 ha | -5.5% |
| 1985 | 7,960 ha | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 8,352 ha | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 8,619 ha | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 8,750 ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 8,650 ha | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 8,566 ha | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 8,656 ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 8,529 ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 5,550 ha | -34.9% |
| 1994 | 6,153 ha | +10.9% |
| 1995 | 5,733 ha | -6.8% |
| 1996 | 5,808 ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 5,836 ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 5,762 ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 5,640 ha | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 5,430 ha | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 5,030 ha | -7.4% |
| 2002 | 4,850 ha | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 2,980 ha | -38.6% |
| 2004 | 2,910 ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 2,870 ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 2,420 ha | -15.7% |
| 2007 | 2,350 ha | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 2,690 ha | +14.5% |
| 2009 | 2,740 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 2,730 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 2,550 ha | -6.6% |
| 2012 | 2,530 ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 2,260 ha | -10.7% |
| 2014 | 2,174 ha | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 2,229 ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 2,240 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,987 ha | -11.3% |
| 2018 | 2,225 ha | +12.0% |
| 2019 | 1,999 ha | -10.2% |
| 2020 | 1,815 ha | -9.2% |
| 2021 | 1,825 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 1,789 ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 1,753 ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 1,689 ha | -3.7% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 1,689 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,284 ha, 51% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Sri Lanka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +100.7% | 9,834 ha | 19,740 ha |
| 1973 | -51.1% | 19,740 ha | 9,655 ha |
| 2003 | -38.6% | 4,850 ha | 2,980 ha |
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
- 36 Samoa 2,632 ha compare
- 37 Trinidad and Tobago 1,930 ha compare
- 38 Gabon 1,815 ha compare
- 40 Guyana 1,175 ha compare
- 41 El Salvador 875 ha compare
- 42 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 826 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (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 39th out of 53 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.
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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.