Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 43 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Thailand, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 43 ha for cocoa beans — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 1,188 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 40 ha, in 2016.
That places Thailand 50th 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 600 ha | — |
| 1981 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 800 ha | +33.3% |
| 1988 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 954 ha | +19.2% |
| 1991 | 837 ha | -12.3% |
| 1992 | 796 ha | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 732 ha | -8.0% |
| 1994 | 636 ha | -13.1% |
| 1995 | 563 ha | -11.5% |
| 1996 | 504 ha | -10.5% |
| 1997 | 430 ha | -14.7% |
| 1998 | 364 ha | -15.3% |
| 1999 | 360 ha | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 992 ha | +175.6% |
| 2001 | 1,188 ha | +19.8% |
| 2002 | 930 ha | -21.7% |
| 2003 | 665 ha | -28.5% |
| 2004 | 468 ha | -29.6% |
| 2005 | 469 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 465 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 390 ha | -16.1% |
| 2008 | 366 ha | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 319 ha | -12.8% |
| 2010 | 311 ha | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 216 ha | -30.5% |
| 2012 | 134 ha | -38.0% |
| 2013 | 41 ha | -69.4% |
| 2014 | 42 ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 42 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 40 ha | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 45 ha | +12.5% |
| 2018 | 43 ha | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 43 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 43 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 43 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 43 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 43 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 43 ha | +0.0% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 43 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,284 ha, 1% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 43 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,556 ha, 1% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +175.6% | 360 ha | 992 ha |
| 2013 | -69.4% | 134 ha | 41 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 660 ha | 600 ha | 800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 617.6 ha | 360 ha | 954 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 625.2 ha | 319 ha | 1,188 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 95.7 ha | 40 ha | 311 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 43 ha | 43 ha | 43 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 47 Comoros 130 ha compare
- 48 Fiji 86 ha compare
- 49 Saint Lucia 54 ha compare
- 51 Guadeloupe 0 ha compare
- 51 Martinique 0 ha compare
- 51 Tonga 0 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Thailand?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Thailand was 43 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 1,188 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 40 ha in 2016.
- How does Thailand rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 50th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand 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.