Cocoa beans — Production in South America
South America: Cocoa beans — Production was 961,839 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Production in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cocoa beans — production in South America is 961,839 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 63.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — production in South America peaked at 961,839 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 222,517 t, in 1962.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Production in South America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 235,178 t | — |
| 1962 | 222,517 t | -5.4% |
| 1963 | 228,366 t | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 232,385 t | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 251,205 t | +8.1% |
| 1966 | 264,709 t | +5.4% |
| 1967 | 297,271 t | +12.3% |
| 1968 | 271,596 t | -8.6% |
| 1969 | 299,802 t | +10.4% |
| 1970 | 292,072 t | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 333,957 t | +14.3% |
| 1972 | 332,772 t | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 305,233 t | -8.3% |
| 1974 | 380,860 t | +24.8% |
| 1975 | 408,600 t | +7.3% |
| 1976 | 346,979 t | -15.1% |
| 1977 | 372,473 t | +7.3% |
| 1978 | 410,476 t | +10.2% |
| 1979 | 470,028 t | +14.5% |
| 1980 | 467,794 t | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 476,887 t | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 509,204 t | +6.8% |
| 1983 | 484,686 t | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 467,515 t | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 626,128 t | +33.9% |
| 1986 | 622,789 t | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 470,352 t | -24.5% |
| 1988 | 547,525 t | +16.4% |
| 1989 | 565,930 t | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 443,312 t | -21.7% |
| 1991 | 505,547 t | +14.0% |
| 1992 | 513,300 t | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 516,136 t | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 496,539 t | -3.8% |
| 1995 | 482,679 t | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 440,473 t | -8.7% |
| 1997 | 461,460 t | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 410,863 t | -11.0% |
| 1999 | 390,527 t | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 344,253 t | -11.8% |
| 2001 | 341,837 t | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 314,043 t | -8.1% |
| 2003 | 344,034 t | +9.5% |
| 2004 | 372,422 t | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 386,230 t | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 388,696 t | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 382,772 t | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 400,624 t | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 446,412 t | +11.4% |
| 2010 | 479,433 t | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 533,227 t | +11.2% |
| 2012 | 527,887 t | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 540,067 t | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 588,692 t | +9.0% |
| 2015 | 636,601 t | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 587,608 t | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 686,329 t | +16.8% |
| 2018 | 740,366 t | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 822,135 t | +11.0% |
| 2020 | 854,199 t | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 867,969 t | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 908,648 t | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 934,475 t | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 961,839 t | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 255,892 t | 222,517 t | 299,802 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 365,345 t | 292,072 t | 470,028 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 523,881 t | 467,515 t | 626,128 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 466,084 t | 390,527 t | 516,136 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 372,132 t | 314,043 t | 446,412 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 614,234 t | 479,433 t | 822,135 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 905,426 t | 854,199 t | 961,839 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 4 Nigeria 350,000 t compare
- 5 Cameroon 320,000 t compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 1.89 million t compare
- 5 Melanesia 50,916 t compare
- 6 Brazil 297,509 t compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 50,000 t compare
- 7 Peru 157,252 t compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 29,383 t compare
- 8 Sierra Leone 93,750 t compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 15,000 t compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5,825 t compare
- 9 Colombia 67,678 t compare
- 10 Dominican Republic 57,461 t compare
- 10 Viet Nam 1,500 t compare
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- Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goat fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goat fat, unrendered — Production, annual growth rate 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual -1.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 2.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 9.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — production in South America?
- Cocoa beans — production in South America was 961,839 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — production recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 961,839 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 222,517 t in 1962.
- How does South America rank for cocoa beans — production?
- South America ranks 7th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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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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.