Cocoa beans — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Cocoa beans — Yield was 453.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — yield in Western Africa stood at 453.3 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Western Africa peaked at 506.5 kg/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 255.3 kg/ha, in 1965.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 258.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 261.7 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 275 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1964 | 358.2 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 1965 | 255.3 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 1966 | 335.6 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 1967 | 324.8 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1968 | 284.3 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1969 | 325.8 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1970 | 353.1 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1971 | 367.7 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1972 | 327.5 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1973 | 297.9 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1974 | 326.9 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1975 | 327.2 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 294.9 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1977 | 300.4 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 283.3 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1979 | 310.8 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1980 | 311.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 315.9 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 284 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1983 | 296.3 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 351.3 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1985 | 337.2 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 352.7 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 372 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1988 | 441 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1989 | 472.2 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 445.7 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1991 | 440.4 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 484.3 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 472.6 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 480.1 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 466 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 506.5 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1997 | 481.9 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 503.6 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 459.2 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2000 | 483.2 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 471.3 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 476.7 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 493.6 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 499.2 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 472.3 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 506 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 429.8 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2008 | 451.1 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 455 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 459.1 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 479.8 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 486.3 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 472.1 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 475.7 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 475.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 462.4 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 478.9 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 483.4 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 487.3 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 480.2 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 482.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 472.2 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 457 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 453.3 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 297.71 kg/ha | 255.3 kg/ha | 358.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 318.97 kg/ha | 283.3 kg/ha | 367.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 353.41 kg/ha | 284 kg/ha | 472.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 474.03 kg/ha | 440.4 kg/ha | 506.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 473.82 kg/ha | 429.8 kg/ha | 506 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 476.01 kg/ha | 459.1 kg/ha | 487.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 469.02 kg/ha | 453.3 kg/ha | 482.4 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 9 Grenada 591.1 kg/ha compare
- 10 Ghana 576.2 kg/ha compare
- 10 Micronesia (Federated States of) 380.8 kg/ha compare
- 10 Micronesia 380.8 kg/ha compare
- 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
- 14 Uganda 533 kg/ha compare
- 15 Vanuatu 515.7 kg/ha compare
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- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 3.8 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — yield in Western Africa?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Western Africa was 453.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 506.5 kg/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 255.3 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Western Africa rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 12th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.