Ecuador vs Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Ecuador
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
How they compare
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) currently reports 757,861 ha against 541,588 ha in Ecuador, a difference of 216,273 ha.
That makes Least Developed Countries (LDCs)'s figure about 1.4 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 6th and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 3rd of 53 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 6 and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 209,595 ha | 112,693 ha | 96,902 ha | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 235,432 ha | 147,073 ha | 88,358 ha | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 292,962 ha | 189,365 ha | 103,597 ha | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 324,217 ha | 167,213 ha | 157,004 ha | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 371,985 ha | 239,879 ha | 132,106 ha | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 430,580 ha | 387,520 ha | 43,061 ha | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 527,659 ha | 549,162 ha | 21,503 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Ecuador or Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs), at 757,861 ha against 541,588 ha in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Ecuador and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- 216,273 ha, with Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 6th and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 3rd 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.