Americas vs Ghana: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- Ghana
How they compare
Americas currently reports 1.86 million ha against 919,824 ha in Ghana, a difference of 938,026 ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 2.0 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ghana ahead.
Americas ranks 6th and Ghana ranks 3rd of 15 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 4 and Ghana in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.02 million ha | 1.62 million ha | 599,578 ha | Ghana |
| 1970s | 1.07 million ha | 1.35 million ha | 281,714 ha | Ghana |
| 1980s | 1.33 million ha | 887,173 ha | 443,644 ha | Americas |
| 1990s | 1.52 million ha | 931,314 ha | 589,817 ha | Americas |
| 2000s | 1.48 million ha | 1.61 million ha | 136,220 ha | Ghana |
| 2010s | 1.70 million ha | 1.66 million ha | 37,097 ha | Americas |
| 2020s | 1.86 million ha | 1.34 million ha | 527,199 ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Americas or Ghana?
- Americas, at 1.86 million ha against 919,824 ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Americas and Ghana?
- 938,026 ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Ghana?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and Ghana rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 6th and Ghana ranks 3rd of 15 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cocoa beans — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.