Ecuador vs Peru: Cocoa bean yields
Ecuador
0.7454 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Peru
0.8294 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Ecuador rank
7th
Peru rank
6th
Cocoa bean yields over time
- Ecuador
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 0.8294 tonnes per hectare against 0.7454 tonnes per hectare in Ecuador, a difference of 0.084 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Peru ahead.
Ecuador ranks 7th and Peru ranks 6th of 61 countries.
Peru has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2474 tonnes per hectare | 0.4918 tonnes per hectare | 0.2444 tonnes per hectare | Peru |
| 1970s | 0.303 tonnes per hectare | 0.5053 tonnes per hectare | 0.2024 tonnes per hectare | Peru |
| 1980s | 0.2874 tonnes per hectare | 0.5096 tonnes per hectare | 0.2222 tonnes per hectare | Peru |
| 1990s | 0.2588 tonnes per hectare | 0.5839 tonnes per hectare | 0.3251 tonnes per hectare | Peru |
| 2000s | 0.233 tonnes per hectare | 0.5311 tonnes per hectare | 0.2981 tonnes per hectare | Peru |
| 2010s | 0.4112 tonnes per hectare | 0.7643 tonnes per hectare | 0.353 tonnes per hectare | Peru |
| 2020s | 0.6625 tonnes per hectare | 0.8681 tonnes per hectare | 0.2056 tonnes per hectare | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa bean yields, Ecuador or Peru?
- Peru, at 0.8294 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 Peru?
- 0.084 tonnes per hectare, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Peru?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Peru rank globally for cocoa bean yields?
- Ecuador ranks 7th and Peru ranks 6th 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.