Cocoa beans — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Cocoa beans — Yield was 119.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cocoa beans — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — yield in Trinidad and Tobago stood at 119.7 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 366.1 kg/ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 96.3 kg/ha, in 2005.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 45th 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 Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 351.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 335.8 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1963 | 366.1 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1964 | 235.8 kg/ha | -35.6% |
| 1965 | 253.1 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1966 | 270.8 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1967 | 264.1 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1968 | 343.6 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 1969 | 173.2 kg/ha | -49.6% |
| 1970 | 310.6 kg/ha | +79.3% |
| 1971 | 188.3 kg/ha | -39.4% |
| 1972 | 241.1 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1973 | 158.1 kg/ha | -34.4% |
| 1974 | 208.1 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 1975 | 262 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1976 | 162.5 kg/ha | -38.0% |
| 1977 | 167.3 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 169.9 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 131.4 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1980 | 119 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1981 | 131 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1982 | 106.1 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1983 | 108.3 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 104 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1985 | 100.5 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 101.9 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 100.1 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 107 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1989 | 106.6 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 117.2 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1991 | 114.3 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 103.5 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1993 | 111.1 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1994 | 103.1 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 106.8 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 111.8 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 105.5 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1998 | 105.8 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 105.5 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 106.2 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 105.3 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 117.4 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2003 | 103.6 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2004 | 105.7 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 96.3 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2006 | 106.7 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2007 | 106.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 107.7 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 107.1 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 106.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 106.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 109.5 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 122.1 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2014 | 109.3 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2015 | 120.7 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2016 | 119 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 120.3 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 116.5 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 119.1 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 120 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 118.3 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 118.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 119.2 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 119.7 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Trinidad and Tobago compared with similar countries
- Trinidad and Tobago's 119.7 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 415.1 kg/ha, 29% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +79.3% | 173.2 kg/ha | 310.6 kg/ha |
| 1969 | -49.6% | 343.6 kg/ha | 173.2 kg/ha |
| 1971 | -39.4% | 310.6 kg/ha | 188.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 288.22 kg/ha | 173.2 kg/ha | 366.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 199.93 kg/ha | 131.4 kg/ha | 310.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 108.45 kg/ha | 100.1 kg/ha | 131 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 108.46 kg/ha | 103.1 kg/ha | 117.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 106.27 kg/ha | 96.3 kg/ha | 117.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 115.01 kg/ha | 106.7 kg/ha | 122.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 119.14 kg/ha | 118.3 kg/ha | 120 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago
- 42 Angola 160.7 kg/ha compare
- 43 Costa Rica 128.5 kg/ha compare
- 44 Guadeloupe 120 kg/ha compare
- 46 Panama 102.2 kg/ha compare
- 47 Equatorial Guinea 101.9 kg/ha compare
- 48 Dominica 93.4 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 145.68 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0602 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4603 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — yield in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Trinidad and Tobago was 119.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 366.1 kg/ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 96.3 kg/ha in 2005.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 45th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.