Brazil vs South-Eastern Asia: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- South-Eastern Asia
How they compare
South-Eastern Asia currently reports 1.43 million ha against 617,168 ha in Brazil, a difference of 813,732 ha.
That makes South-Eastern Asia's figure about 2.3 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 5th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 9th of 53 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 4 and South-Eastern Asia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | South-Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 464,156 ha | 19,647 ha | 444,508 ha | Brazil |
| 1970s | 441,499 ha | 31,656 ha | 409,844 ha | Brazil |
| 1980s | 597,852 ha | 190,573 ha | 407,279 ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 700,398 ha | 596,088 ha | 104,310 ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 636,262 ha | 1.09 million ha | 452,071 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 659,172 ha | 1.73 million ha | 1.07 million ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 604,387 ha | 1.47 million ha | 865,595 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Brazil or South-Eastern Asia?
- South-Eastern Asia, at 1.43 million ha against 617,168 ha in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Brazil and South-Eastern Asia?
- 813,732 ha, with South-Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and South-Eastern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and South-Eastern Asia rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 5th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 9th 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.