Cocoa beans — Yield in Mexico
Mexico: Cocoa beans — Yield was 544.2 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Yield in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 544.2 kg/ha for cocoa beans — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Mexico peaked at 761.7 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 293.4 kg/ha, in 1964.
Mexico ranks 13th of 53 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Mexico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 396.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 433 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1963 | 438.9 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 293.4 kg/ha | -33.2% |
| 1965 | 303.1 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 334.6 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1967 | 364.9 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 380.3 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 375.4 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 379.6 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 333.7 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1972 | 485.3 kg/ha | +45.4% |
| 1973 | 408.6 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1974 | 422.6 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 464.2 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1976 | 428.5 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1977 | 395 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1978 | 649.7 kg/ha | +64.5% |
| 1979 | 569.2 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1980 | 529.8 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1981 | 451.6 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1982 | 622.9 kg/ha | +37.9% |
| 1983 | 566.9 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1984 | 507.9 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1985 | 707.9 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 1986 | 629.6 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1987 | 612.1 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 759 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1989 | 761.7 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 587.9 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1991 | 635.1 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1992 | 564.8 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1993 | 703.4 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 1994 | 544.7 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 1995 | 540.4 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 431.7 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1997 | 512.4 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1998 | 518.3 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 479.3 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2000 | 346.1 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 2001 | 562.9 kg/ha | +62.6% |
| 2002 | 555.7 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 617.6 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2004 | 543.7 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2005 | 591.5 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2006 | 626.8 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 656.4 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 632.9 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 631.6 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 576.7 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2011 | 553.6 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 536.3 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 511 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 452.3 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2015 | 473.7 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 457.4 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 464.9 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 486.6 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 486.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 502.2 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 541 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2022 | 540.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 556.1 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 544.2 kg/ha | -2.1% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 544.2 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 411.05 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 544.2 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 415.1 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 368.87 kg/ha | 293.4 kg/ha | 438.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 453.64 kg/ha | 333.7 kg/ha | 649.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 614.94 kg/ha | 451.6 kg/ha | 761.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 551.8 kg/ha | 431.7 kg/ha | 703.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 576.52 kg/ha | 346.1 kg/ha | 656.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 499.86 kg/ha | 452.3 kg/ha | 576.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 536.74 kg/ha | 502.2 kg/ha | 556.1 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 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 Polynesia 183.4 kg/ha compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 102.5 kg/ha compare
- 14 Uganda 533 kg/ha compare
- 15 Vanuatu 515.7 kg/ha compare
- 16 Martinique 500 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — yield in Mexico?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Mexico was 544.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 761.7 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 293.4 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Mexico rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Mexico ranks 13th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.