Asia vs Ecuador: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- Ecuador
How they compare
Asia currently reports 1.54 million ha against 541,588 ha in Ecuador, a difference of 1.00 million ha.
That makes Asia's figure about 2.9 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ecuador ahead.
Asia ranks 5th and Ecuador ranks 6th of 24 regions.
Across the 7 decades both report, Asia averaged higher in 4 and Ecuador in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,680 ha | 209,595 ha | 178,915 ha | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 41,974 ha | 235,432 ha | 193,457 ha | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 219,010 ha | 292,962 ha | 73,952 ha | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 617,834 ha | 324,217 ha | 293,617 ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 1.12 million ha | 371,985 ha | 744,640 ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 1.80 million ha | 430,580 ha | 1.37 million ha | Asia |
| 2020s | 1.58 million ha | 527,659 ha | 1.05 million ha | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Asia or Ecuador?
- Asia, at 1.54 million ha against 541,588 ha in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Asia and Ecuador?
- 1.00 million ha, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Ecuador?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and Ecuador rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 5th and Ecuador ranks 6th of 24 regions.
- 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.