Caribbean vs Central America: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Central America
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 128,433 ha against 94,226 ha in Central America, a difference of 34,207 ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 1.4 times Central America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Caribbean has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 12th and Central America ranks 15th of 15 countries.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Central America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 123,013 ha | 109,734 ha | 13,280 ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 145,471 ha | 109,248 ha | 36,223 ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 169,805 ha | 95,641 ha | 74,164 ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 173,047 ha | 109,442 ha | 63,606 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 175,464 ha | 94,895 ha | 80,569 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 191,361 ha | 93,122 ha | 98,239 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 168,379 ha | 93,404 ha | 74,975 ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Caribbean or Central America?
- Caribbean, at 128,433 ha against 94,226 ha in Central America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Caribbean and Central America?
- 34,207 ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Central America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Central America rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 12th and Central America ranks 15th of 15 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.