Cameroon vs Ecuador: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Cameroon
- Ecuador
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 642,244 ha against 541,588 ha in Ecuador, a difference of 100,656 ha.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.2 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 5th and Ecuador ranks 7th of 64 countries.
Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 379,889 ha | 209,595 ha | 170,294 ha | Cameroon |
| 1970s | 384,815 ha | 235,432 ha | 149,384 ha | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 423,874 ha | 292,962 ha | 130,912 ha | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 357,116 ha | 324,217 ha | 32,899 ha | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 462,107 ha | 371,985 ha | 90,122 ha | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 711,755 ha | 430,580 ha | 281,175 ha | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 606,694 ha | 527,659 ha | 79,035 ha | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Cameroon or Ecuador?
- Cameroon, at 642,244 ha against 541,588 ha in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Cameroon and Ecuador?
- 100,656 ha, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Ecuador?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Ecuador rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 5th and Ecuador ranks 7th of 64 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.