Cocoa beans — Yield in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Cocoa beans — Yield was 515.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Yield in Vanuatu, 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 Vanuatu is 515.7 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Vanuatu peaked at 611.5 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 211.2 kg/ha, in 1982.
That places Vanuatu 15th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 510 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 506.3 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 470 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1964 | 515 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1965 | 497.1 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1966 | 500 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 388.9 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1971 | 300 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1972 | 347.8 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1973 | 304.3 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1974 | 304.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 304.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 304.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 304.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 370.4 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1979 | 370.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 289.2 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1981 | 310 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 211.2 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 1983 | 386.8 kg/ha | +83.1% |
| 1984 | 411.6 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 492.2 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1986 | 611.5 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1987 | 530.9 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1988 | 378 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 1989 | 415.7 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 435.7 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 539.9 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1992 | 542.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 605.1 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1994 | 365.2 kg/ha | -39.6% |
| 1995 | 573.5 kg/ha | +57.0% |
| 1996 | 586.9 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 585.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 576.9 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 556.9 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 519.3 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2001 | 499.4 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 498.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 507 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 508.8 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 514.4 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 404.3 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2007 | 373.8 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2008 | 600 kg/ha | +60.5% |
| 2009 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 531.8 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2011 | 511.4 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 514.2 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 513.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 513.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 516.1 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 514.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 514.1 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 511.3 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 511.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 511.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 513.3 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 515.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 515.7 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 515.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 515.7 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 393.35 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 515.7 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 398.1 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Yield in Vanuatu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +83.1% | 211.2 kg/ha | 386.8 kg/ha |
| 2008 | +60.5% | 373.8 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha |
| 1995 | +57.0% | 365.2 kg/ha | 573.5 kg/ha |
| 1994 | -39.6% | 605.1 kg/ha | 365.2 kg/ha |
| 1982 | -31.9% | 310 kg/ha | 211.2 kg/ha |
| 1988 | -28.8% | 530.9 kg/ha | 378 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 499.82 kg/ha | 470 kg/ha | 515 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 329.9 kg/ha | 300 kg/ha | 388.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 403.71 kg/ha | 211.2 kg/ha | 611.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 536.86 kg/ha | 365.2 kg/ha | 605.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 502.57 kg/ha | 373.8 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 515.3 kg/ha | 511.3 kg/ha | 531.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 514.46 kg/ha | 511.8 kg/ha | 515.8 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 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
- 14 Uganda 533 kg/ha compare
- 16 Martinique 500 kg/ha compare
- 17 Cameroon 498.3 kg/ha compare
- 18 Haiti 488.5 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Vanuatu
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2663 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,054 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7768 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.8% (2011)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — yield in Vanuatu?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Vanuatu was 515.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 611.5 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 211.2 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does Vanuatu rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Vanuatu ranks 15th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.