Ecuador vs Sri Lanka: Cocoa bean yields
Ecuador
0.7454 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Sri Lanka
0.6809 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Ecuador rank
7th
Sri Lanka rank
9th
Cocoa bean yields over time
- Ecuador
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 0.7454 tonnes per hectare against 0.6809 tonnes per hectare in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.0645 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Ecuador ranks 7th and Sri Lanka ranks 9th of 61 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 2 and Sri Lanka in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2474 tonnes per hectare | 0.241 tonnes per hectare | 0.0064 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 0.303 tonnes per hectare | 0.1981 tonnes per hectare | 0.1049 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 0.2874 tonnes per hectare | 0.3324 tonnes per hectare | 0.045 tonnes per hectare | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 0.2588 tonnes per hectare | 0.6096 tonnes per hectare | 0.3508 tonnes per hectare | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 0.233 tonnes per hectare | 0.651 tonnes per hectare | 0.418 tonnes per hectare | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 0.4112 tonnes per hectare | 0.7444 tonnes per hectare | 0.3332 tonnes per hectare | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 0.6625 tonnes per hectare | 0.7315 tonnes per hectare | 0.069 tonnes per hectare | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa bean yields, Ecuador or Sri Lanka?
- Ecuador, at 0.7454 tonnes per hectare against 0.6809 tonnes per hectare in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa bean yields between Ecuador and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0645 tonnes per hectare, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Sri Lanka rank globally for cocoa bean yields?
- Ecuador ranks 7th and Sri Lanka ranks 9th 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.