Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 2,909 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Vanuatu, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cocoa beans — area harvested in Vanuatu is 2,909 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Vanuatu peaked at 4,987 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1964.
That places Vanuatu 32nd out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,600 ha | +23.1% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1965 | 1,400 ha | +40.0% |
| 1966 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,800 ha | +28.6% |
| 1969 | 1,200 ha | -33.3% |
| 1970 | 1,800 ha | +50.0% |
| 1971 | 1,000 ha | -44.4% |
| 1972 | 2,300 ha | +130.0% |
| 1973 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,700 ha | +17.4% |
| 1979 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,500 ha | -7.4% |
| 1981 | 2,800 ha | +12.0% |
| 1982 | 2,500 ha | -10.7% |
| 1983 | 3,353 ha | +34.1% |
| 1984 | 1,900 ha | -43.3% |
| 1985 | 1,995 ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 2,095 ha | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 2,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1989 | 3,700 ha | +85.0% |
| 1990 | 4,987 ha | +34.8% |
| 1991 | 4,027 ha | -19.3% |
| 1992 | 2,500 ha | -37.9% |
| 1993 | 3,500 ha | +40.0% |
| 1994 | 3,300 ha | -5.7% |
| 1995 | 3,100 ha | -6.1% |
| 1996 | 1,600 ha | -48.4% |
| 1997 | 3,000 ha | +87.5% |
| 1998 | 2,600 ha | -13.3% |
| 1999 | 1,600 ha | -38.5% |
| 2000 | 3,000 ha | +87.5% |
| 2001 | 1,600 ha | -46.7% |
| 2002 | 2,300 ha | +43.8% |
| 2003 | 3,000 ha | +30.4% |
| 2004 | 1,700 ha | -43.3% |
| 2005 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 3,250 ha | +80.6% |
| 2007 | 2,600 ha | -20.0% |
| 2008 | 2,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3,197 ha | +27.9% |
| 2011 | 2,347 ha | -26.6% |
| 2012 | 3,890 ha | +65.7% |
| 2013 | 3,895 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 3,261 ha | -16.3% |
| 2015 | 2,906 ha | -10.9% |
| 2016 | 3,885 ha | +33.7% |
| 2017 | 1,776 ha | -54.3% |
| 2018 | 1,954 ha | +10.0% |
| 2019 | 2,157 ha | +10.4% |
| 2020 | 1,456 ha | -32.5% |
| 2021 | 2,893 ha | +98.7% |
| 2022 | 2,908 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,908 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,909 ha | +0.0% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 2,909 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 34,605 ha, 8% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 2,909 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,556 ha, 64% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,456 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,200 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,504 ha | 1,900 ha | 3,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,021 ha | 1,600 ha | 4,987 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,425 ha | 1,600 ha | 3,250 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,927 ha | 1,776 ha | 3,895 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,615 ha | 1,456 ha | 2,909 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
More agriculture & rural data for Vanuatu
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2663 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,054 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7768 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.8% (2011)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Vanuatu?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Vanuatu was 2,909 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 4,987 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1964.
- How does Vanuatu rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Vanuatu ranks 32nd out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.