What is the difference in cocoa bean yields between Brazil and Cameroon?

0.0162 tonnes per hectare, with Cameroon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Cameroon?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

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.

Brazil vs Cameroon: Cocoa bean yields

Brazil

0.4821 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Cameroon

0.4983 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Brazil rank

23rd

Cameroon rank

20th

Cocoa bean yields over time

Brazil
Cameroon

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 0.4983 tonnes per hectare against 0.4821 tonnes per hectare in Brazil, a difference of 0.0162 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 23rd and Cameroon ranks 20th of 61 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 4 and Cameroon in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Cameroon	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.3559 tonnes per hectare	0.233 tonnes per hectare	0.1229 tonnes per hectare	Brazil
1970s	0.5576 tonnes per hectare	0.3083 tonnes per hectare	0.2493 tonnes per hectare	Brazil
1980s	0.6217 tonnes per hectare	0.283 tonnes per hectare	0.3387 tonnes per hectare	Brazil
1990s	0.4127 tonnes per hectare	0.3218 tonnes per hectare	0.0909 tonnes per hectare	Brazil
2000s	0.3093 tonnes per hectare	0.3584 tonnes per hectare	0.0491 tonnes per hectare	Cameroon
2010s	0.3805 tonnes per hectare	0.4097 tonnes per hectare	0.0292 tonnes per hectare	Cameroon
2020s	0.4852 tonnes per hectare	0.5015 tonnes per hectare	0.0163 tonnes per hectare	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cocoa bean yields, Brazil or Cameroon?: Cameroon, at 0.4983 tonnes per hectare against 0.4821 tonnes per hectare in Brazil as of 2024.
What is the difference in cocoa bean yields between Brazil and Cameroon?: 0.0162 tonnes per hectare, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Cameroon?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Cameroon rank globally for cocoa bean yields?: Brazil ranks 23rd and Cameroon ranks 20th 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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Indicator: Cocoa bean yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 61 places, 3,632 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.