Caribbean vs Colombia: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Colombia
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 197,709 ha against 128,433 ha in Caribbean, a difference of 69,276 ha.
That makes Colombia's figure about 1.5 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 12th and Colombia ranks 8th of 24 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 6 and Colombia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Colombia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 123,013 ha | 36,856 ha | 86,158 ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 145,471 ha | 54,790 ha | 90,681 ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 169,805 ha | 89,379 ha | 80,426 ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 173,047 ha | 113,742 ha | 59,306 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 175,464 ha | 83,820 ha | 91,644 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 191,361 ha | 124,008 ha | 67,353 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 168,379 ha | 192,262 ha | 23,883 ha | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Caribbean or Colombia?
- Colombia, at 197,709 ha against 128,433 ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Caribbean and Colombia?
- 69,276 ha, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Colombia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Colombia rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 12th and Colombia ranks 8th of 24 groups.
- 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.