Belize vs Sierra Leone: Cocoa bean yields
Belize
0.4221 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.4718 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Belize rank
29th
Sierra Leone rank
26th
Cocoa bean yields over time
- Belize
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.4718 tonnes per hectare against 0.4221 tonnes per hectare in Belize, a difference of 0.0497 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Belize's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Belize ranks 29th and Sierra Leone ranks 26th of 61 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Belize averaged higher in 2 and Sierra Leone in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belize | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.232 tonnes per hectare | 0.4475 tonnes per hectare | 0.2155 tonnes per hectare | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 0.2426 tonnes per hectare | 0.4248 tonnes per hectare | 0.1822 tonnes per hectare | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 0.3053 tonnes per hectare | 0.4232 tonnes per hectare | 0.118 tonnes per hectare | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 0.1564 tonnes per hectare | 0.3659 tonnes per hectare | 0.2095 tonnes per hectare | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 0.5745 tonnes per hectare | 0.3493 tonnes per hectare | 0.2252 tonnes per hectare | Belize |
| 2010s | 0.2755 tonnes per hectare | 0.411 tonnes per hectare | 0.1355 tonnes per hectare | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.4652 tonnes per hectare | 0.408 tonnes per hectare | 0.0571 tonnes per hectare | Belize |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa bean yields, Belize or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.4718 tonnes per hectare against 0.4221 tonnes per hectare in Belize as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa bean yields between Belize and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0497 tonnes per hectare, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Sierra Leone?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Belize and Sierra Leone rank globally for cocoa bean yields?
- Belize ranks 29th and Sierra Leone ranks 26th of 61 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cocoa bean yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.