Ecuador vs Middle Africa: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Ecuador
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Middle Africa currently reports 837,640 ha against 541,588 ha in Ecuador, a difference of 296,052 ha.
That makes Middle Africa's figure about 1.5 times Ecuador's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Middle Africa has been ahead every year.
Ecuador ranks 6th and Middle Africa ranks 2nd of 53 countries.
Middle Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 209,595 ha | 539,564 ha | 329,969 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1970s | 235,432 ha | 542,902 ha | 307,471 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1980s | 292,962 ha | 573,369 ha | 280,406 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1990s | 324,217 ha | 475,283 ha | 151,066 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2000s | 371,985 ha | 540,356 ha | 168,371 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2010s | 430,580 ha | 790,702 ha | 360,122 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2020s | 527,659 ha | 765,163 ha | 237,504 ha | Middle Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Ecuador or Middle Africa?
- Middle Africa, at 837,640 ha against 541,588 ha in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Ecuador and Middle Africa?
- 296,052 ha, with Middle Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Middle Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Middle Africa rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 6th and Middle Africa ranks 2nd 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.