Ecuador vs Madagascar: Cocoa bean yields
Ecuador
0.7454 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Madagascar
0.8944 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Ecuador rank
7th
Madagascar rank
5th
Cocoa bean yields over time
- Ecuador
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 0.8944 tonnes per hectare against 0.7454 tonnes per hectare in Ecuador, a difference of 0.149 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.2 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Madagascar ahead.
Ecuador ranks 7th and Madagascar ranks 5th of 61 countries.
Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2474 tonnes per hectare | 0.3164 tonnes per hectare | 0.0691 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 0.303 tonnes per hectare | 0.366 tonnes per hectare | 0.0631 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 0.2874 tonnes per hectare | 0.3712 tonnes per hectare | 0.0839 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 0.2588 tonnes per hectare | 0.7993 tonnes per hectare | 0.5405 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 0.233 tonnes per hectare | 0.8862 tonnes per hectare | 0.6532 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 0.4112 tonnes per hectare | 0.8899 tonnes per hectare | 0.4787 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 0.6625 tonnes per hectare | 0.8969 tonnes per hectare | 0.2344 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa bean yields, Ecuador or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 0.8944 tonnes per hectare against 0.7454 tonnes per hectare in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa bean yields between Ecuador and Madagascar?
- 0.149 tonnes per hectare, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Madagascar?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Madagascar rank globally for cocoa bean yields?
- Ecuador ranks 7th and Madagascar ranks 5th 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.