Cameroon vs Sierra Leone: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Cameroon
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 642,244 ha against 198,714 ha in Sierra Leone, a difference of 443,530 ha.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 3.2 times Sierra Leone's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Cameroon has been ahead every year.
Cameroon ranks 4th and Sierra Leone ranks 7th of 53 countries.
Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 379,889 ha | 8,556 ha | 371,333 ha | Cameroon |
| 1970s | 384,815 ha | 15,200 ha | 369,615 ha | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 423,874 ha | 40,500 ha | 383,374 ha | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 357,116 ha | 35,621 ha | 321,494 ha | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 462,107 ha | 35,500 ha | 426,607 ha | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 711,755 ha | 64,118 ha | 647,637 ha | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 606,694 ha | 91,237 ha | 515,457 ha | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Cameroon or Sierra Leone?
- Cameroon, at 642,244 ha against 198,714 ha in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Cameroon and Sierra Leone?
- 443,530 ha, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Sierra Leone?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Sierra Leone rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 4th and Sierra Leone ranks 7th 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.