Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 1,930 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago stood at 1,930 ha.
That represents a change of up 400.0% on the previous year and down 35.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 24,000 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 386 ha, in 2023.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 37th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 24,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1982 | 21,176 ha | -11.8% |
| 1983 | 16,000 ha | -24.4% |
| 1984 | 15,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1985 | 13,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 1986 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1987 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 14,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1990 | 18,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1991 | 17,500 ha | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 11,000 ha | -37.1% |
| 1993 | 16,000 ha | +45.5% |
| 1994 | 14,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1995 | 16,500 ha | +17.9% |
| 1996 | 20,500 ha | +24.2% |
| 1997 | 16,500 ha | -19.5% |
| 1998 | 12,000 ha | -27.3% |
| 1999 | 11,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 2000 | 15,000 ha | +36.4% |
| 2001 | 5,800 ha | -61.3% |
| 2002 | 14,000 ha | +141.4% |
| 2003 | 9,500 ha | -32.1% |
| 2004 | 12,500 ha | +31.6% |
| 2005 | 9,500 ha | -24.0% |
| 2006 | 15,000 ha | +57.9% |
| 2007 | 7,500 ha | -50.0% |
| 2008 | 6,500 ha | -13.3% |
| 2009 | 5,600 ha | -13.8% |
| 2010 | 6,550 ha | +17.0% |
| 2011 | 3,750 ha | -42.7% |
| 2012 | 4,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 2,400 ha | -40.0% |
| 2014 | 3,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2015 | 1,400 ha | -53.3% |
| 2016 | 3,100 ha | +121.4% |
| 2017 | 3,300 ha | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 3,100 ha | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 3,500 ha | +12.9% |
| 2020 | 2,050 ha | -41.4% |
| 2021 | 1,910 ha | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 1,283 ha | -32.8% |
| 2023 | 386 ha | -69.9% |
| 2024 | 1,930 ha | +400.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,818 ha | 13,000 ha | 24,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,300 ha | 11,000 ha | 20,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,090 ha | 5,600 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,410 ha | 1,400 ha | 6,550 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,512 ha | 386 ha | 2,050 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago was 1,930 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 24,000 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 386 ha in 2023.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 37th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.