Eastern Africa vs Liberia: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Liberia
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 182,495 ha against 147,714 ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 34,781 ha.
That makes Liberia's figure about 1.2 times Eastern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Liberia ahead.
Eastern Africa ranks 10th and Liberia ranks 10th of 15 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eastern Africa averaged higher in 3 and Liberia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,470 ha | 8,556 ha | 4,085 ha | Liberia |
| 1970s | 7,224 ha | 11,697 ha | 4,473 ha | Liberia |
| 1980s | 11,630 ha | 25,311 ha | 13,682 ha | Liberia |
| 1990s | 20,544 ha | 7,662 ha | 12,882 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 35,510 ha | 16,121 ha | 19,389 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 87,636 ha | 76,214 ha | 11,421 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 121,564 ha | 146,797 ha | 25,233 ha | Liberia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Liberia?
- Liberia, at 182,495 ha against 147,714 ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Liberia?
- 34,781 ha, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Liberia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Liberia rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 10th and Liberia ranks 10th 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.