Costa Rica vs Malaysia: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Costa Rica
- Malaysia
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 7,783 ha against 6,203 ha in Malaysia, a difference of 1,580 ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.3 times Malaysia's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 25th and Malaysia ranks 27th of 53 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Malaysia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,289 ha | 2,067 ha | 28,222 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 23,627 ha | 15,412 ha | 8,215 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 14,188 ha | 124,167 ha | 109,978 ha | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 10,175 ha | 236,424 ha | 226,249 ha | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 3,802 ha | 40,371 ha | 36,569 ha | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 4,635 ha | 15,585 ha | 10,950 ha | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 6,362 ha | 6,006 ha | 356 ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Costa Rica or Malaysia?
- Costa Rica, at 7,783 ha against 6,203 ha in Malaysia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Costa Rica and Malaysia?
- 1,580 ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Malaysia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Malaysia rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 25th and Malaysia ranks 27th 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.