Cocoa beans — Production in Uganda
Uganda: Cocoa beans — Production was 55,000 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Production in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — production in Uganda stood at 55,000 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 38.0% on the previous year and up 96.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — production in Uganda peaked at 55,000 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 20 t, in 1961.
Uganda ranks 13th of 65 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49 t | 20 t | 147 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 167.6 t | 100 t | 241 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 181.1 t | 69 t | 461 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,010 t | 1,000 t | 3,500 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,121 t | 3,500 t | 15,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,900 t | 15,000 t | 35,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,980 t | 35,000 t | 55,000 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 10 Colombia 67,678 t compare
- 11 Caribbean 63,807 t compare
- 12 Dominican Republic 57,461 t compare
- 14 Melanesia 50,916 t compare
- 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 50,000 t compare
- 16 Papua New Guinea 45,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture share gdp 26.13 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 26.13 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 68.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 34.97 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 560,000 t (1990)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — production in Uganda?
- Cocoa beans — production in Uganda was 55,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — production recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 55,000 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — production recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 t in 1961.
- How does Uganda rank for cocoa beans — production?
- Uganda ranks 13th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — production rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 96.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uganda 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.