Caribbean vs Congo: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Congo
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 128,433 ha against 53,617 ha in Congo, a difference of 74,816 ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 2.4 times Congo's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Caribbean has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 12th and Congo 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 | Congo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 123,013 ha | 3,000 ha | 120,013 ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 145,471 ha | 4,021 ha | 141,450 ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 169,805 ha | 4,688 ha | 165,117 ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 173,047 ha | 5,733 ha | 167,314 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 175,464 ha | 3,388 ha | 172,076 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 191,361 ha | 14,712 ha | 176,650 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 168,379 ha | 42,093 ha | 126,285 ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Caribbean or Congo?
- Caribbean, at 128,433 ha against 53,617 ha in Congo as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Caribbean and Congo?
- 74,816 ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Congo?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Congo rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 12th and Congo 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.