Ecuador vs Tanzania: Cocoa bean yields
Ecuador
0.7454 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Tanzania
0.7175 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Ecuador rank
7th
Tanzania rank
8th
Cocoa bean yields over time
- Ecuador
- Tanzania
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 0.7454 tonnes per hectare against 0.7175 tonnes per hectare in Tanzania, a difference of 0.0279 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Tanzania ahead.
Ecuador ranks 7th and Tanzania ranks 8th of 61 countries.
Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2474 tonnes per hectare | 0.2556 tonnes per hectare | 0.0082 tonnes per hectare | Tanzania |
| 1970s | 0.303 tonnes per hectare | 0.5744 tonnes per hectare | 0.2714 tonnes per hectare | Tanzania |
| 1980s | 0.2874 tonnes per hectare | 0.6023 tonnes per hectare | 0.315 tonnes per hectare | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 0.2588 tonnes per hectare | 0.6125 tonnes per hectare | 0.3537 tonnes per hectare | Tanzania |
| 2000s | 0.233 tonnes per hectare | 0.6997 tonnes per hectare | 0.4667 tonnes per hectare | Tanzania |
| 2010s | 0.4112 tonnes per hectare | 0.7117 tonnes per hectare | 0.3004 tonnes per hectare | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 0.6625 tonnes per hectare | 0.7187 tonnes per hectare | 0.0563 tonnes per hectare | Tanzania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa bean yields, Ecuador or Tanzania?
- Ecuador, at 0.7454 tonnes per hectare against 0.7175 tonnes per hectare in Tanzania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa bean yields between Ecuador and Tanzania?
- 0.0279 tonnes per hectare, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Tanzania?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Tanzania rank globally for cocoa bean yields?
- Ecuador ranks 7th and Tanzania ranks 8th 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.