Madagascar vs Tanzania: Cocoa bean yields
Madagascar
0.8944 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Tanzania
0.7175 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Madagascar rank
5th
Tanzania rank
8th
Cocoa bean yields over time
- Madagascar
- Tanzania
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 0.8944 tonnes per hectare against 0.7175 tonnes per hectare in Tanzania, a difference of 0.1769 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.2 times Tanzania's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Tanzania ahead.
Madagascar ranks 5th and Tanzania ranks 8th of 61 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 5 and Tanzania in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3164 tonnes per hectare | 0.2556 tonnes per hectare | 0.0609 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 0.366 tonnes per hectare | 0.5744 tonnes per hectare | 0.2083 tonnes per hectare | Tanzania |
| 1980s | 0.3712 tonnes per hectare | 0.6023 tonnes per hectare | 0.2311 tonnes per hectare | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 0.7993 tonnes per hectare | 0.6125 tonnes per hectare | 0.1868 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 0.8862 tonnes per hectare | 0.6997 tonnes per hectare | 0.1865 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 0.8899 tonnes per hectare | 0.7117 tonnes per hectare | 0.1783 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 0.8969 tonnes per hectare | 0.7187 tonnes per hectare | 0.1782 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa bean yields, Madagascar or Tanzania?
- Madagascar, at 0.8944 tonnes per hectare against 0.7175 tonnes per hectare in Tanzania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa bean yields between Madagascar and Tanzania?
- 0.1769 tonnes per hectare, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Tanzania?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Tanzania rank globally for cocoa bean yields?
- Madagascar ranks 5th 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.