Brazil vs Nigeria: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 1.30 million ha against 617,168 ha in Brazil, a difference of 683,242 ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 2.1 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Brazil ranks 5th and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 53 countries.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 464,156 ha | 700,000 ha | 235,844 ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 441,499 ha | 700,000 ha | 258,501 ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 597,852 ha | 700,800 ha | 102,948 ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 700,398 ha | 741,050 ha | 40,652 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 636,262 ha | 1.14 million ha | 502,930 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 659,172 ha | 1.10 million ha | 440,643 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 604,387 ha | 1.18 million ha | 571,691 ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Brazil or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 1.30 million ha against 617,168 ha in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Brazil and Nigeria?
- 683,242 ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Nigeria rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 5th and Nigeria ranks 2nd 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.