Cocoa beans — Yield in Thailand
Thailand: Cocoa beans — Yield was 2,856 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Yield in Thailand, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 2,856 kg/ha for cocoa beans — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Thailand peaked at 3,429 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 419.3 kg/ha, in 1990.
Thailand ranks 1st of 53 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Thailand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 500 kg/ha | — |
| 1981 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 419.3 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1991 | 478.1 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1992 | 502.4 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 546.4 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1994 | 628.7 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1995 | 711 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1996 | 793.3 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1997 | 929.6 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1998 | 1,100 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1999 | 1,110 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 1,042 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2001 | 1,224 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2002 | 1,103 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2003 | 1,935 kg/ha | +75.4% |
| 2004 | 2,494 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 2005 | 2,279 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2006 | 2,359 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 2,390 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 2,249 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 2,448 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 2,453 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 2,419 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 2,407 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 1,634 kg/ha | -32.1% |
| 2014 | 3,429 kg/ha | +109.8% |
| 2015 | 3,048 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2016 | 3,000 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 2,778 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 2,920 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 2,836 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 2,843 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 2,866 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 2,849 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 2,853 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,856 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 2,856 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 411.05 kg/ha, 6.9× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 2,856 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 398.1 kg/ha, 7.2× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Yield in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +109.8% | 1,634 kg/ha | 3,429 kg/ha |
| 2003 | +75.4% | 1,103 kg/ha | 1,935 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 500 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 721.81 kg/ha | 419.3 kg/ha | 1,110 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,952 kg/ha | 1,042 kg/ha | 2,494 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,692 kg/ha | 1,634 kg/ha | 3,429 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,853 kg/ha | 2,843 kg/ha | 2,866 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 1 United Republic of Tanzania 717.5 kg/ha compare
- 2 Democratic Republic of the Congo 590.5 kg/ha compare
- 2 Guatemala 2,582 kg/ha compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 560.3 kg/ha compare
- 3 Fiji 2,500 kg/ha compare
- 4 Togo 986.8 kg/ha compare
- 4 Viet Nam 480.5 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — yield in Thailand?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Thailand was 2,856 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 3,429 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 419.3 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Thailand rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Thailand ranks 1st out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand 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.