Cocoa beans — Yield in Samoa
Samoa: Cocoa beans — Yield was 183.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cocoa beans — Yield in Samoa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 183.4 kg/ha for cocoa beans — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Samoa peaked at 504.1 kg/ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 183.3 kg/ha, in 2011.
Samoa ranks 40th of 53 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Samoa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 483 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 417.2 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1963 | 504.1 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1964 | 504.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 383.3 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1966 | 362.5 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1967 | 412.5 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1968 | 388.3 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1969 | 491.2 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1970 | 371.4 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1971 | 425.6 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1972 | 340 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1973 | 280 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1974 | 301.9 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1975 | 320 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1976 | 300 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1977 | 440 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 1978 | 248.2 kg/ha | -43.6% |
| 1979 | 326.4 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 1980 | 243.2 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1981 | 280 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1982 | 260 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1983 | 240 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1984 | 303.6 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1985 | 242.9 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1986 | 223.7 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1987 | 318.2 kg/ha | +42.2% |
| 1988 | 227.3 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1989 | 223.7 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 214.3 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 220 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 222.2 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 219.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 222.2 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 218.5 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 217.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 217 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 216.5 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 217.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 216.1 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 216.6 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 216.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 217.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 216.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 216.6 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 216.4 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 225.5 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 209.1 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 204.1 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 197.7 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 183.3 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2012 | 187.5 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 185.4 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 189 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 189.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 188.1 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 186.6 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 187.2 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 185.9 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 185 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 185.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 185.1 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 184.2 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 183.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 183.4 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 411.05 kg/ha, 45% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 183.4 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 398.1 kg/ha, 46% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Yield in Samoa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +46.7% | 300 kg/ha | 440 kg/ha |
| 1978 | -43.6% | 440 kg/ha | 248.2 kg/ha |
| 1987 | +42.2% | 223.7 kg/ha | 318.2 kg/ha |
| 1979 | +31.5% | 248.2 kg/ha | 326.4 kg/ha |
| 1988 | -28.6% | 318.2 kg/ha | 227.3 kg/ha |
| 1969 | +26.5% | 388.3 kg/ha | 491.2 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 438.47 kg/ha | 362.5 kg/ha | 504.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 335.35 kg/ha | 248.2 kg/ha | 440 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 256.26 kg/ha | 223.7 kg/ha | 318.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 218.49 kg/ha | 214.3 kg/ha | 222.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 215.53 kg/ha | 204.1 kg/ha | 225.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 188 kg/ha | 183.3 kg/ha | 197.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 184.64 kg/ha | 183.4 kg/ha | 185.5 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Samoa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0909 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 533.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.586 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8249 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — yield in Samoa?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Samoa was 183.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 504.1 kg/ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 183.3 kg/ha in 2011.
- How does Samoa rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Samoa ranks 40th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa 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.