Eastern Africa vs India: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- India
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 147,714 ha against 111,036 ha in India, a difference of 36,678 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1.3 times India's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Eastern Africa ahead.
Eastern Africa ranks 10th and India ranks 12th of 15 groups.
Across the 6 decades both report, Eastern Africa averaged higher in 5 and India in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8,887 ha | 670 ha | 8,217 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 11,630 ha | 20,000 ha | 8,370 ha | India |
| 1990s | 20,544 ha | 15,122 ha | 5,422 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 35,510 ha | 24,866 ha | 10,644 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 87,636 ha | 72,780 ha | 14,856 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 121,564 ha | 105,407 ha | 16,157 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Eastern Africa or India?
- Eastern Africa, at 147,714 ha against 111,036 ha in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Eastern Africa and India?
- 36,678 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and India?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and India rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 10th 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.