Cameroon vs Ghana: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Cameroon
- Ghana
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 919,824 ha against 642,244 ha in Cameroon, a difference of 277,580 ha.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.4 times Cameroon's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Ghana has been ahead every year.
Cameroon ranks 4th and Ghana ranks 3rd of 53 countries.
Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 379,889 ha | 1.62 million ha | 1.24 million ha | Ghana |
| 1970s | 384,815 ha | 1.35 million ha | 965,285 ha | Ghana |
| 1980s | 423,874 ha | 887,173 ha | 463,299 ha | Ghana |
| 1990s | 357,116 ha | 931,314 ha | 574,198 ha | Ghana |
| 2000s | 462,107 ha | 1.61 million ha | 1.15 million ha | Ghana |
| 2010s | 711,755 ha | 1.66 million ha | 946,190 ha | Ghana |
| 2020s | 606,694 ha | 1.34 million ha | 729,129 ha | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Cameroon or Ghana?
- Ghana, at 919,824 ha against 642,244 ha in Cameroon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Cameroon and Ghana?
- 277,580 ha, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Ghana?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Ghana rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 4th and Ghana ranks 3rd 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.