Brazil vs Ecuador: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Ecuador
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 617,168 ha against 541,588 ha in Ecuador, a difference of 75,580 ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 5th and Ecuador ranks 6th of 53 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 464,156 ha | 209,595 ha | 254,561 ha | Brazil |
| 1970s | 441,499 ha | 235,432 ha | 206,068 ha | Brazil |
| 1980s | 597,852 ha | 292,962 ha | 304,890 ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 700,398 ha | 324,217 ha | 376,181 ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 636,262 ha | 371,985 ha | 264,277 ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 659,172 ha | 430,580 ha | 228,592 ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 604,387 ha | 527,659 ha | 76,728 ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Brazil or Ecuador?
- Brazil, at 617,168 ha against 541,588 ha in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Brazil and Ecuador?
- 75,580 ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Ecuador?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Ecuador rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 5th and Ecuador ranks 6th of 53 countries.
- 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.