Cocoa beans — Yield in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Cocoa beans — Yield was 390.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cocoa beans — Yield in Solomon Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — yield in Solomon Islands stood at 390.5 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Solomon Islands peaked at 558.1 kg/ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 383.3 kg/ha, in 2012.
Solomon Islands ranks 28th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 480 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1963 | 500 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 512 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 500 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 485 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1967 | 496 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 497.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 485 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 503.8 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 495.8 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 492.3 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 500 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 519 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 492.5 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1976 | 495.7 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 474.3 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1978 | 500 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 515 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 494.3 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1981 | 493.3 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 494.8 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 497.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 502.6 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 514.3 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 503.7 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 496.5 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 505 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 500 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 499.4 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 500 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 501.1 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 507.2 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 556.2 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1995 | 496.4 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1996 | 499.9 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 558.1 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1998 | 497.8 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1999 | 451.9 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2000 | 386 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2001 | 407.6 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 415.3 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 417 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 418.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 421.2 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 426.1 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 434.2 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 432.6 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 429.5 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 430.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 430.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 383.3 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2013 | 391.7 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 402.2 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 401.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 400.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 403.1 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 401.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 400.2 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 396.9 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 395.7 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 400 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 390.5 kg/ha | -2.4% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's 390.5 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 393.35 kg/ha, 99% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's 390.5 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 398.1 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 495.08 kg/ha | 480 kg/ha | 512 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 498.84 kg/ha | 474.3 kg/ha | 519 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 500.19 kg/ha | 493.3 kg/ha | 514.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 506.8 kg/ha | 451.9 kg/ha | 558.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 418.76 kg/ha | 386 kg/ha | 434.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 404.52 kg/ha | 383.3 kg/ha | 430.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 396.62 kg/ha | 390.5 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
More agriculture & rural data for Solomon Islands
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2973 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 574.77 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6869 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.7% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 73.3% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — yield in Solomon Islands?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Solomon Islands was 390.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 558.1 kg/ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 383.3 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Solomon Islands ranks 28th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.