Colombia vs Eastern Africa: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Colombia
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 197,709 ha against 147,714 ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 49,995 ha.
That makes Colombia's figure about 1.3 times Eastern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Colombia ahead.
Colombia ranks 8th and Eastern Africa ranks 10th of 53 countries.
Colombia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,856 ha | 4,470 ha | 32,385 ha | Colombia |
| 1970s | 54,790 ha | 7,224 ha | 47,566 ha | Colombia |
| 1980s | 89,379 ha | 11,630 ha | 77,749 ha | Colombia |
| 1990s | 113,742 ha | 20,544 ha | 93,198 ha | Colombia |
| 2000s | 83,820 ha | 35,510 ha | 48,310 ha | Colombia |
| 2010s | 124,008 ha | 87,636 ha | 36,373 ha | Colombia |
| 2020s | 192,262 ha | 121,564 ha | 70,698 ha | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Colombia or Eastern Africa?
- Colombia, at 197,709 ha against 147,714 ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Colombia and Eastern Africa?
- 49,995 ha, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Colombia and Eastern Africa rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 8th and Eastern Africa ranks 10th of 53 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.