Congo vs Sao Tome and Principe: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Congo
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Congo currently reports 53,617 ha against 43,874 ha in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 9,743 ha.
That makes Congo's figure about 1.2 times Sao Tome and Principe's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
Congo ranks 15th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 18th of 53 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 1 and Sao Tome and Principe in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,000 ha | 32,111 ha | 29,111 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1970s | 4,021 ha | 33,000 ha | 28,979 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1980s | 4,688 ha | 27,726 ha | 23,038 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | 5,733 ha | 21,765 ha | 16,032 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 3,388 ha | 20,331 ha | 16,944 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 14,712 ha | 27,356 ha | 12,644 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 42,093 ha | 37,514 ha | 4,580 ha | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Congo or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Congo, at 53,617 ha against 43,874 ha in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Congo and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 9,743 ha, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Congo and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 15th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 18th 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.