Central America vs India: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Central America
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 111,036 ha against 94,226 ha in Central America, a difference of 16,810 ha.
That makes India's figure about 1.2 times Central America's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Central America ahead.
Central America ranks 15th and India ranks 12th of 15 groups.
Across the 6 decades both report, Central America averaged higher in 5 and India in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 107,411 ha | 670 ha | 106,741 ha | Central America |
| 1980s | 95,641 ha | 20,000 ha | 75,641 ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 109,442 ha | 15,122 ha | 94,319 ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 94,895 ha | 24,866 ha | 70,029 ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 93,122 ha | 72,780 ha | 20,342 ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 93,404 ha | 105,407 ha | 12,003 ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Central America or India?
- India, at 111,036 ha against 94,226 ha in Central America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Central America and India?
- 16,810 ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and India?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
- How do Central America and India rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 15th and India ranks 12th 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.