Caribbean vs Papua New Guinea: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 128,433 ha against 113,593 ha in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 14,840 ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Caribbean has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 12th and Papua New Guinea ranks 11th of 15 groups.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 123,013 ha | 41,806 ha | 81,208 ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 145,471 ha | 68,946 ha | 76,526 ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 169,805 ha | 83,680 ha | 86,125 ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 173,047 ha | 86,719 ha | 86,329 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 175,464 ha | 111,111 ha | 64,353 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 191,361 ha | 99,053 ha | 92,308 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 168,379 ha | 107,326 ha | 61,053 ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Caribbean or Papua New Guinea?
- Caribbean, at 128,433 ha against 113,593 ha in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Caribbean and Papua New Guinea?
- 14,840 ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Papua New Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Papua New Guinea rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 12th and Papua New Guinea ranks 11th of 15 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.