Cocoa beans — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Cocoa beans — Gross per capita Production Index Number was 62.36 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cocoa beans — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 62.36 for cocoa beans — gross per capita production index number in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.4% on the previous year and down 40.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — gross per capita production index number in Sri Lanka peaked at 429.1 in 1992 and was at its lowest, 62.36, in 2024.
That places Sri Lanka 42nd out of 50 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 427.53 | — |
| 1962 | 395.24 | -7.6% |
| 1963 | 397.74 | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 317.53 | -20.2% |
| 1965 | 252.48 | -20.5% |
| 1966 | 280.06 | +10.9% |
| 1967 | 295.25 | +5.4% |
| 1968 | 234.86 | -20.5% |
| 1969 | 187.72 | -20.1% |
| 1970 | 234.53 | +24.9% |
| 1971 | 219.6 | -6.4% |
| 1972 | 195.62 | -10.9% |
| 1973 | 124.7 | -36.3% |
| 1974 | 188.32 | +51.0% |
| 1975 | 184.94 | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 127.13 | -31.3% |
| 1977 | 151.6 | +19.2% |
| 1978 | 175.1 | +15.5% |
| 1979 | 171.87 | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 202.51 | +17.8% |
| 1981 | 224.03 | +10.6% |
| 1982 | 245.88 | +9.8% |
| 1983 | 203.54 | -17.2% |
| 1984 | 202.84 | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 201.5 | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 199.11 | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 196.79 | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 280.52 | +42.5% |
| 1989 | 300.72 | +7.2% |
| 1990 | 320.11 | +6.4% |
| 1991 | 352.78 | +10.2% |
| 1992 | 429.1 | +21.6% |
| 1993 | 250.2 | -41.7% |
| 1994 | 261.95 | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 256.08 | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 255.33 | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 254.03 | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 253.39 | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 246.02 | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 240.28 | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 217.97 | -9.3% |
| 2002 | 184.72 | -15.3% |
| 2003 | 127.48 | -31.0% |
| 2004 | 122.87 | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 116.51 | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 96.03 | -17.6% |
| 2007 | 88.04 | -8.3% |
| 2008 | 104.46 | +18.7% |
| 2009 | 105.63 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 103.81 | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 97.21 | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 98.84 | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 94.44 | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 105.36 | +11.6% |
| 2015 | 96.12 | -8.8% |
| 2016 | 98.52 | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 84.23 | -14.5% |
| 2018 | 119.08 | +41.4% |
| 2019 | 83.8 | -29.6% |
| 2020 | 80.79 | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 74.43 | -7.9% |
| 2022 | 66.99 | -10.0% |
| 2023 | 72.04 | +7.5% |
| 2024 | 62.36 | -13.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 309.82 | 187.72 | 427.53 | 9 |
| 1970s | 177.34 | 124.7 | 234.53 | 10 |
| 1980s | 225.74 | 196.79 | 300.72 | 10 |
| 1990s | 287.9 | 246.02 | 429.1 | 10 |
| 2000s | 140.4 | 88.04 | 240.28 | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.14 | 83.8 | 119.08 | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.32 | 62.36 | 80.79 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 39 Solomon Islands 69.66 compare
- 40 Dominican Republic 69.47 compare
- 41 Saint Lucia 65.5 compare
- 43 Gabon 59.32 compare
- 44 Ghana 51.43 compare
- 45 Equatorial Guinea 47.84 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 — gross per capita production index number in Sri Lanka?
- Cocoa beans — gross per capita production index number in Sri Lanka was 62.36 in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — gross per capita production index number recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 429.1 in 1992.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — gross per capita production index number recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.36 in 2024.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for cocoa beans — gross per capita production index number?
- Sri Lanka ranks 42nd out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — gross per capita production index number rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Gross per capita Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 2014-2016. Indices for meat production are computed based on data on production from indigenous animals.