Cocoa beans — Yield in Africa
Africa: Cocoa beans — Yield was 458 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — yield in Africa stood at 458 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Africa peaked at 492.7 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 253.7 kg/ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 253.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 258.1 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 271.9 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 345.5 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1965 | 253.8 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 1966 | 321.6 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1967 | 315.4 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 285.9 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1969 | 319 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1970 | 350.5 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1971 | 359.9 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 328.9 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1973 | 303.2 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1974 | 325.5 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1975 | 315.5 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1976 | 276.8 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1977 | 286.9 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 274.6 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1979 | 301.7 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1980 | 298.9 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 304.8 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 274.2 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1983 | 283.1 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 333.1 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1985 | 320.3 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1986 | 337.4 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 353.4 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 414.5 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1989 | 437 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1990 | 420.3 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 414.9 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 450.7 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1993 | 446.7 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 450.8 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 450.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 484 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1997 | 460.9 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 481.9 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 440.4 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2000 | 465.2 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 454.1 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 461.1 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 475 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 481.2 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 460.7 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 492.7 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 423.1 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2008 | 442.8 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 446.5 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 449.8 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 464.4 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 475.3 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 462.9 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 463.2 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 466.4 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 455.2 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 471.3 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 481.6 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 481.4 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 482.8 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 481.8 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 471.8 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 460.4 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 458 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 291.66 kg/ha | 253.7 kg/ha | 345.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 312.35 kg/ha | 274.6 kg/ha | 359.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 335.67 kg/ha | 274.2 kg/ha | 437 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 450.15 kg/ha | 414.9 kg/ha | 484 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 460.24 kg/ha | 423.1 kg/ha | 492.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 467.15 kg/ha | 449.8 kg/ha | 481.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 470.96 kg/ha | 458 kg/ha | 482.8 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 7 Ecuador 745.4 kg/ha compare
- 8 Côte d'Ivoire 495.5 kg/ha compare
- 8 Sri Lanka 680.9 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 399.8 kg/ha compare
- 9 Grenada 591.1 kg/ha compare
- 10 Ghana 576.2 kg/ha compare
- 10 Micronesia (Federated States of) 380.8 kg/ha compare
- 10 Micronesia 380.8 kg/ha compare
- 11 Nicaragua 557 kg/ha compare
- 12 Dominican Republic 553.7 kg/ha compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 379.7 kg/ha compare
- 13 Mexico 544.2 kg/ha compare
- 13 Polynesia 183.4 kg/ha compare
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- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — yield in Africa?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Africa was 458 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 492.7 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 253.7 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Africa ranks 10th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cocoa beans — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.