Cocoa beans — Yield in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Cocoa beans — Yield was 457.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
457.3 kg/ha
Change on year
up 3.1%
Rank
11th
of 15 groups
All-time high
482.9 kg/ha
in 2020
All-time low
230.6 kg/ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cocoa beans — Yield in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024

0100200300400500196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.

Analysis

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 457.3 kg/ha for cocoa beans — yield in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 18.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 482.9 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 230.6 kg/ha, in 1961.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Cocoa beans — Yield in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year

Annual values for Cocoa beans — Yield in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961 to 2024.
Year kg/ha Change
1961 230.6 kg/ha
1962 235.9 kg/ha +2.3%
1963 252.2 kg/ha +6.9%
1964 274.4 kg/ha +8.8%
1965 237.2 kg/ha -13.6%
1966 255.5 kg/ha +7.7%
1967 278.1 kg/ha +8.8%
1968 303.9 kg/ha +9.3%
1969 316.2 kg/ha +4.0%
1970 361.5 kg/ha +14.3%
1971 370.6 kg/ha +2.5%
1972 384.1 kg/ha +3.6%
1973 369.1 kg/ha -3.9%
1974 345.3 kg/ha -6.4%
1975 295.7 kg/ha -14.4%
1976 232.8 kg/ha -21.3%
1977 267.2 kg/ha +14.8%
1978 272.5 kg/ha +2.0%
1979 300 kg/ha +10.1%
1980 278.4 kg/ha -7.2%
1981 280.7 kg/ha +0.8%
1982 272.3 kg/ha -3.0%
1983 273.3 kg/ha +0.4%
1984 289.7 kg/ha +6.0%
1985 287.1 kg/ha -0.9%
1986 304.4 kg/ha +6.0%
1987 303.1 kg/ha -0.4%
1988 309.2 kg/ha +2.0%
1989 304.8 kg/ha -1.4%
1990 308 kg/ha +1.0%
1991 294.1 kg/ha -4.5%
1992 286.2 kg/ha -2.7%
1993 306.3 kg/ha +7.0%
1994 308.4 kg/ha +0.7%
1995 360.1 kg/ha +16.8%
1996 337.4 kg/ha -6.3%
1997 342.6 kg/ha +1.5%
1998 341.3 kg/ha -0.4%
1999 317.6 kg/ha -6.9%
2000 320.4 kg/ha +0.9%
2001 328 kg/ha +2.4%
2002 338.3 kg/ha +3.1%
2003 343.1 kg/ha +1.4%
2004 357.8 kg/ha +4.3%
2005 398.3 kg/ha +11.3%
2006 426.3 kg/ha +7.0%
2007 426.1 kg/ha -0.0%
2008 443.8 kg/ha +4.2%
2009 445.4 kg/ha +0.4%
2010 439.9 kg/ha -1.2%
2011 438.4 kg/ha -0.3%
2012 399.1 kg/ha -9.0%
2013 394.3 kg/ha -1.2%
2014 385.1 kg/ha -2.3%
2015 410.7 kg/ha +6.6%
2016 385.7 kg/ha -6.1%
2017 413.4 kg/ha +7.2%
2018 454.2 kg/ha +9.9%
2019 434.6 kg/ha -4.3%
2020 482.9 kg/ha +11.1%
2021 445.9 kg/ha -7.7%
2022 445.2 kg/ha -0.2%
2023 443.5 kg/ha -0.4%
2024 457.3 kg/ha +3.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 264.89 kg/ha 230.6 kg/ha 316.2 kg/ha 9
1970s 319.88 kg/ha 232.8 kg/ha 384.1 kg/ha 10
1980s 290.3 kg/ha 272.3 kg/ha 309.2 kg/ha 10
1990s 320.2 kg/ha 286.2 kg/ha 360.1 kg/ha 10
2000s 382.75 kg/ha 320.4 kg/ha 445.4 kg/ha 10
2010s 415.54 kg/ha 385.1 kg/ha 454.2 kg/ha 10
2020s 454.96 kg/ha 443.5 kg/ha 482.9 kg/ha 5

Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)

  1. 8 Sri Lanka 680.9 kg/ha compare
  2. 9 Grenada 591.1 kg/ha compare
  3. 10 Ghana 576.2 kg/ha compare
  4. 11 Nicaragua 557 kg/ha compare
  5. 12 Dominican Republic 553.7 kg/ha compare
  6. 13 Mexico 544.2 kg/ha compare
  7. 14 Uganda 533 kg/ha compare

See the full ranking of 82 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is cocoa beans — yield in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Cocoa beans — yield in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 457.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 482.9 kg/ha in 2020.
What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 230.6 kg/ha in 1961.
How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for cocoa beans — yield?
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 11th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
Is cocoa beans — yield rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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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Indicator
Cocoa beans — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
82 places, 4,942 data points, 1961–2024
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