Cocoa beans — Yield in Guyana
Guyana: Cocoa beans — Yield was 415.1 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Yield in Guyana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — yield in Guyana stood at 415.1 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Guyana peaked at 429.8 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 35.7 kg/ha, in 1962.
Guyana ranks 25th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Guyana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 37.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 35.7 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1963 | 36.3 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 35.7 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 36.7 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 36.3 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1967 | 36.6 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 36.4 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 37.7 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 38.8 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 39.9 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 37.1 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1973 | 55.6 kg/ha | +49.9% |
| 1974 | 54.8 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 53.3 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1976 | 53.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 53.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 53.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 53.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 53.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 53.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 53.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 53.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 53.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 53.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 53.8 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 53.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 53.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 56.3 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 260 kg/ha | +361.8% |
| 1991 | 277 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1992 | 283.9 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 290.6 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 297.3 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 303.8 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 310.3 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 316.6 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 322.8 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 328.9 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 334.9 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 340.9 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 346.8 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 352.6 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 358 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 362.8 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 367.6 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 372.4 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 377.2 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 382 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 386.8 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 391.6 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 401.9 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 409.1 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 407.1 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 410.8 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 409 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 415.3 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 421.3 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 425.8 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 429.8 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 406.4 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 420.4 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 418.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 415.1 kg/ha | -0.9% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 415.1 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 415.1 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Yield in Guyana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +361.8% | 56.3 kg/ha | 260 kg/ha |
| 1973 | +49.9% | 37.1 kg/ha | 55.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36.5 kg/ha | 35.7 kg/ha | 37.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 49.27 kg/ha | 37.1 kg/ha | 55.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 53.75 kg/ha | 53.3 kg/ha | 56.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 299.12 kg/ha | 260 kg/ha | 328.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 359.52 kg/ha | 334.9 kg/ha | 382 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 407.87 kg/ha | 386.8 kg/ha | 425.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 418.08 kg/ha | 406.4 kg/ha | 429.8 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
- 22 Indonesia 456.2 kg/ha compare
- 23 El Salvador 422.7 kg/ha compare
- 24 Belize 422.1 kg/ha compare
- 26 Tonga 400 kg/ha compare
- 27 Papua New Guinea 396.2 kg/ha compare
- 28 Solomon Islands 390.5 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — yield in Guyana?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Guyana was 415.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 429.8 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.7 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Guyana rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Guyana ranks 25th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guyana 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.