Cocoa beans — Yield in Uganda
Uganda: Cocoa beans — Yield was 533 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Yield in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cocoa beans — yield in Uganda is 533 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Uganda peaked at 533 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 22.2 kg/ha, in 1961.
Uganda ranks 14th of 53 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Uganda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 25 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1963 | 25 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 27.3 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1965 | 27.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 26.7 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 32.9 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1968 | 43 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 1969 | 70 kg/ha | +62.8% |
| 1970 | 120.5 kg/ha | +72.1% |
| 1971 | 72.5 kg/ha | -39.8% |
| 1972 | 95 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 1973 | 100 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 50 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 1975 | 50 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 100 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1977 | 50 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 1978 | 100 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1979 | 100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 50 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 1981 | 50 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 50 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 100 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1984 | 135.5 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 1985 | 93 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 1986 | 46 kg/ha | -50.5% |
| 1987 | 55.6 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1988 | 89.6 kg/ha | +61.2% |
| 1989 | 92.2 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 100 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1991 | 114.3 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1992 | 114.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 142.9 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1994 | 161.9 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1995 | 181.8 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1996 | 200 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 211.5 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 218.8 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 267.2 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2000 | 288 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2001 | 278.2 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 246.5 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2003 | 267.6 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2004 | 316.9 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2005 | 352.1 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 354.2 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 330.2 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 351.4 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2009 | 348.8 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 358.5 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 363.8 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 376 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 385 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 427.2 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2015 | 481.2 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2016 | 481.1 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 472.1 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 474.8 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 481.4 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 491.5 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 510.6 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 514.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 523.5 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 533 kg/ha | +1.8% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 533 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 471.8 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 533 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 308.35 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Yield in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +100.0% | 50 kg/ha | 100 kg/ha |
| 1978 | +100.0% | 50 kg/ha | 100 kg/ha |
| 1983 | +100.0% | 50 kg/ha | 100 kg/ha |
| 1970 | +72.1% | 70 kg/ha | 120.5 kg/ha |
| 1969 | +62.8% | 43 kg/ha | 70 kg/ha |
| 1988 | +61.2% | 55.6 kg/ha | 89.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33.27 kg/ha | 22.2 kg/ha | 70 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 83.8 kg/ha | 50 kg/ha | 120.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 76.19 kg/ha | 46 kg/ha | 135.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 171.27 kg/ha | 100 kg/ha | 267.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 313.39 kg/ha | 246.5 kg/ha | 354.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 430.11 kg/ha | 358.5 kg/ha | 481.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 514.54 kg/ha | 491.5 kg/ha | 533 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 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 Mexico 544.2 kg/ha compare
- 13 Polynesia 183.4 kg/ha compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 102.5 kg/ha compare
- 15 Vanuatu 515.7 kg/ha compare
- 16 Martinique 500 kg/ha compare
- 17 Cameroon 498.3 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — yield in Uganda?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Uganda was 533 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 533 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.2 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Uganda rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Uganda ranks 14th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uganda 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.