Cocoa beans — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Cocoa beans — Yield was 342.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cocoa beans — Yield in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 342.3 kg/ha for cocoa beans — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 9.2% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Colombia peaked at 926.6 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 275.7 kg/ha, in 2012.
Colombia ranks 30th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 433.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 441.2 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 448.6 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 443.2 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 457.2 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 468.4 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 459.5 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 461.5 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 447.9 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1970 | 415.8 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1971 | 428.6 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 418.3 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 418.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 423.1 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 494.3 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1976 | 535.8 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1977 | 469.6 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1978 | 512.4 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 515.2 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 554.3 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1981 | 563.2 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 509.7 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1983 | 493.3 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 476.9 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1985 | 464 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1986 | 481.9 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1987 | 512.3 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1988 | 481.8 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1989 | 469 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 465.2 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 465.1 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 458.3 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 457.4 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 466.4 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 465.6 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 438 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1997 | 459 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 531.2 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1999 | 526.5 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 441.8 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2001 | 449.9 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 407.7 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2003 | 480.5 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2004 | 526 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2005 | 460 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2006 | 456 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 459 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 491.9 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2009 | 470.1 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 413.4 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2011 | 375 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2012 | 275.7 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 2013 | 301.2 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 358 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2015 | 400.7 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2016 | 402.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 857.3 kg/ha | +113.1% |
| 2018 | 926.6 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 867 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2020 | 336.7 kg/ha | -61.2% |
| 2021 | 355.1 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 327.1 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2023 | 313.6 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 342.3 kg/ha | +9.2% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 342.3 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 411.05 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 342.3 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 415.1 kg/ha, 82% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Yield in Colombia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +113.1% | 402.3 kg/ha | 857.3 kg/ha |
| 2020 | -61.2% | 867 kg/ha | 336.7 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 451.2 kg/ha | 433.3 kg/ha | 468.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 463.2 kg/ha | 415.8 kg/ha | 535.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 500.64 kg/ha | 464 kg/ha | 563.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 473.27 kg/ha | 438 kg/ha | 531.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 464.29 kg/ha | 407.7 kg/ha | 526 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 517.72 kg/ha | 275.7 kg/ha | 926.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 334.96 kg/ha | 313.6 kg/ha | 355.1 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 27 Papua New Guinea 396.2 kg/ha compare
- 28 Solomon Islands 390.5 kg/ha compare
- 29 Cuba 371.7 kg/ha compare
- 31 Comoros 336.9 kg/ha compare
- 32 Philippines 328 kg/ha compare
- 33 Saint Lucia 305.7 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Colombia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 851.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.2113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2122 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — yield in Colombia?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Colombia was 342.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 926.6 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 275.7 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Colombia rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Colombia ranks 30th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Colombia 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.