The table illustrates the number of cocoa being produced in six nations during the period from 1992 to 1998.
Overall, it can be easily seen that most of the regions experienced dramatic fluctuations throughout the year, except for South America, which showed an downward trend. In addition, Africa produced the most cocoa bean all over the years, with its production significantly surpass other regions in total.
Regarding high-producing regions, Africa dominated with 1,397,000 tons in 1992, tripled the output of South America and Asia, at 568,000 tons and 416,000 tons respectively. Four years later, Africa produced the highest output at 1,920,000 tons, but reduced to only 1,820,000 tons in 1998, showing 30% overall growth. In addition, Asia also showed an upward trend, with its highest production at 498,000 tons in 1994, and decreased slowly to only 414,000 in the end of the period. However, South America experienced a dramatic decrease with 333,000 tons in 1998.
Regarding the remaining regions, Caribbean, North Central and America illustrated the similar statistics at about 52,000 tons and 50,000 tons, while Oceania ranked lowest at 42,000 tons. However, until the end of the year, only the output of Caribbean increased to 68,000 tons, while North Central America reduced to 50,000 tons, and Oceania reduced to only 34,000 tons, a 20% decrease from its starting figure