Caribbean vs Peru: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 189,602 ha against 128,433 ha in Caribbean, a difference of 61,169 ha.
That makes Peru'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 Peru ranks 10th of 64 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 6 and Peru in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 123,013 ha | 4,765 ha | 118,248 ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 145,471 ha | 5,749 ha | 139,722 ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 169,805 ha | 18,971 ha | 150,834 ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 173,047 ha | 30,940 ha | 142,107 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 175,464 ha | 53,135 ha | 122,329 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 191,361 ha | 117,335 ha | 74,026 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 168,379 ha | 188,218 ha | 19,840 ha | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Caribbean or Peru?
- Peru, at 189,602 ha against 128,433 ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Caribbean and Peru?
- 61,169 ha, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Peru?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Peru rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 12th and Peru ranks 10th of 64 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.