The production of cocoa beans from 1992 to 1998 in six different regions: North Central America, Caribbean, South America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania is depicted by the tabular chart.
It is evident that the Africa had the largest numbers of cocoa production over the six-year period, while significant fall in production of cocoa can be seen in South America. However, remaining four regions had experienced fluctuating figures.
In detail, in 1992, over 1,396,500 tones cocoa were produced in Africa, this figure rose to 1,414,000 in 1994. After two years in 1996, the production sharply increased to 1,920,000 tones and dipped somewhat in 1998 to 1,822,000 tones. By contrast, South America was stood at 568,000 tones in 1992, then decreased to 453,000 tones in 1994. The figures continusoly fell from 1996 to 1988.
Furthermore, Oceania produced the lowest numbers of cocoa over the period. In 1992, only 42,000 cocoa was produced, and this figure dropped to 37,000 in 1994. It slightly rose to 41,000 in 1996, then shown a downfall in 1998. The remaining three regions experienced fluctuation in the figures from 1992 to 1998.