Cocoa beans — Production in Caribbean

Caribbean: Cocoa beans — Production was 63,807 t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
63,807 t
Change on year
down 2.3%
World rank
11th
of 15 countries
All-time high
101,539 t
in 2016
All-time low
35,968 t
in 1999
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cocoa beans — Production in Caribbean, 1961–2024

025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

In 2024, cocoa beans — production in Caribbean stood at 63,807 t.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 29.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cocoa beans — production in Caribbean peaked at 101,539 t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 35,968 t, in 1999.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Cocoa beans — Production in Caribbean, year by year

Annual values for Cocoa beans — Production in Caribbean, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 52,990 t —
1962 51,075 t -3.6%
1963 56,538 t +10.7%
1964 56,171 t -0.6%
1965 40,513 t -27.9%
1966 42,813 t +5.7%
1967 40,272 t -5.9%
1968 43,768 t +8.7%
1969 38,634 t -11.7%
1970 53,856 t +39.4%
1971 45,828 t -14.9%
1972 51,483 t +12.3%
1973 49,259 t -4.3%
1974 51,864 t +5.3%
1975 45,172 t -12.9%
1976 45,673 t +1.1%
1977 46,767 t +2.4%
1978 51,148 t +9.4%
1979 48,815 t -4.6%
1980 39,137 t -19.8%
1981 44,486 t +13.7%
1982 48,733 t +9.5%
1983 56,146 t +15.2%
1984 56,556 t +0.7%
1985 47,780 t -15.5%
1986 50,215 t +5.1%
1987 57,344 t +14.2%
1988 51,772 t -9.7%
1989 60,973 t +17.8%
1990 57,205 t -6.2%
1991 59,494 t +4.0%
1992 61,725 t +3.8%
1993 67,032 t +8.6%
1994 75,603 t +12.8%
1995 74,252 t -1.8%
1996 74,766 t +0.7%
1997 63,525 t -15.0%
1998 70,456 t +10.9%
1999 35,968 t -48.9%
2000 48,789 t +35.6%
2001 53,955 t +10.6%
2002 55,640 t +3.1%
2003 56,287 t +1.2%
2004 57,557 t +2.3%
2005 40,147 t -30.2%
2006 56,718 t +41.3%
2007 55,317 t -2.5%
2008 56,878 t +2.8%
2009 67,576 t +18.8%
2010 72,318 t +7.0%
2011 68,098 t -5.8%
2012 88,788 t +30.4%
2013 85,049 t -4.2%
2014 89,960 t +5.8%
2015 95,493 t +6.2%
2016 101,539 t +6.3%
2017 91,988 t -9.4%
2018 92,940 t +1.0%
2019 84,533 t -9.0%
2020 83,481 t -1.2%
2021 76,004 t -9.0%
2022 81,935 t +7.8%
2023 65,288 t -20.3%
2024 63,807 t -2.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 46,975 t 38,634 t 56,538 t 9
1970s 48,986 t 45,172 t 53,856 t 10
1980s 51,314 t 39,137 t 60,973 t 10
1990s 64,003 t 35,968 t 75,603 t 10
2000s 54,886 t 40,147 t 67,576 t 10
2010s 87,071 t 68,098 t 101,539 t 10
2020s 74,103 t 63,807 t 83,481 t 5

Countries ranked near Caribbean

  1. 8 Sierra Leone 93,750 t compare
  2. 8 United Republic of Tanzania 15,000 t compare
  3. 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5,825 t compare
  4. 9 Colombia 67,678 t compare
  5. 10 Dominican Republic 57,461 t compare
  6. 10 Viet Nam 1,500 t compare
  7. 11 Uganda 55,000 t compare
  8. 11 Polynesia 482.72 t compare
  9. 12 Papua New Guinea 45,000 t compare
  10. 12 Timor-Leste 177.11 t compare
  11. 13 India 30,388 t compare
  12. 13 Micronesia (Federated States of) 31.08 t compare
  13. 13 Micronesia 31.08 t compare
  14. 14 Liberia 30,000 t compare

See the full ranking of 83 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is cocoa beans — production in Caribbean?
Cocoa beans — production in Caribbean was 63,807 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cocoa beans — production recorded in Caribbean?
The highest recorded value was 101,539 t in 2016.
What is the lowest cocoa beans — production recorded in Caribbean?
The lowest recorded value was 35,968 t in 1999.
How does Caribbean rank for cocoa beans — production?
Caribbean ranks 11th out of 15 countries with data for 2024.
Is cocoa beans — production rising or falling in Caribbean?
Over the last ten years it is down 29.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Caribbean data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cocoa beans — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Cocoa beans — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
83 places, 5,030 data points, 1961–2024
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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.