Central America vs Papua New Guinea: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Central America
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 113,593 ha against 94,226 ha in Central America, a difference of 19,367 ha.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Central America's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Central America ahead.
Central America ranks 15th and Papua New Guinea ranks 11th of 15 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Central America averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 109,734 ha | 41,806 ha | 67,928 ha | Central America |
| 1970s | 109,248 ha | 68,946 ha | 40,303 ha | Central America |
| 1980s | 95,641 ha | 83,680 ha | 11,961 ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 109,442 ha | 86,719 ha | 22,723 ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 94,895 ha | 111,111 ha | 16,216 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 93,122 ha | 99,053 ha | 5,931 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 93,404 ha | 107,326 ha | 13,922 ha | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Central America or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 113,593 ha against 94,226 ha in Central America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Central America and Papua New Guinea?
- 19,367 ha, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Papua New Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Papua New Guinea rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 15th 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.