Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Suriname
Suriname: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 160 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — area harvested in Suriname stood at 160 ha.
That represents a change of down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Suriname peaked at 1,122 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 155 ha, in 2002.
That places Suriname 46th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Suriname, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 848 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,122 ha | +32.3% |
| 1963 | 941 ha | -16.1% |
| 1964 | 827 ha | -12.1% |
| 1965 | 1,025 ha | +23.9% |
| 1966 | 876 ha | -14.5% |
| 1967 | 744 ha | -15.1% |
| 1968 | 601 ha | -19.2% |
| 1969 | 595 ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 511 ha | -14.1% |
| 1971 | 428 ha | -16.2% |
| 1972 | 396 ha | -7.5% |
| 1973 | 403 ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 396 ha | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 401 ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 390 ha | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 390 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 208 ha | -46.7% |
| 1979 | 214 ha | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 250 ha | +16.8% |
| 1981 | 319 ha | +27.6% |
| 1982 | 245 ha | -23.2% |
| 1983 | 246 ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 240 ha | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 225 ha | -6.2% |
| 1986 | 238 ha | +5.8% |
| 1987 | 184 ha | -22.7% |
| 1988 | 182 ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 180 ha | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 171 ha | -5.0% |
| 1991 | 177 ha | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 165 ha | -6.8% |
| 1993 | 167 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 169 ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 170 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 161 ha | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 161 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 159 ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 156 ha | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 156 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 156 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 155 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 174 ha | +12.3% |
| 2004 | 203 ha | +16.7% |
| 2005 | 205 ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 193 ha | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 174 ha | -9.8% |
| 2008 | 171 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 166 ha | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 164 ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 162 ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 160 ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 156 ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 166 ha | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 158 ha | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 160 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 162 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 164 ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 156 ha | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 161 ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 160 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 159 ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 160 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 160 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,284 ha, 5% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 160 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,533 ha, 4% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Suriname 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | -46.7% | 390 ha | 208 ha |
| 1962 | +32.3% | 848 ha | 1,122 ha |
| 1981 | +27.6% | 250 ha | 319 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 842.11 ha | 595 ha | 1,122 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 373.7 ha | 208 ha | 511 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 230.9 ha | 180 ha | 319 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 165.6 ha | 156 ha | 177 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 175.3 ha | 155 ha | 205 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 160.8 ha | 156 ha | 166 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 160 ha | 159 ha | 161 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Suriname?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Suriname was 160 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 1,122 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 155 ha in 2002.
- How does Suriname rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Suriname ranks 46th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Suriname 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.