Ecuador vs Peru: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Ecuador
- Peru
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 541,588 ha against 189,602 ha in Peru, a difference of 351,986 ha.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 2.9 times Peru's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Ecuador has been ahead every year.
Ecuador ranks 7th and Peru ranks 10th of 64 countries.
Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 209,595 ha | 4,765 ha | 204,830 ha | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 235,432 ha | 5,749 ha | 229,682 ha | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 292,962 ha | 18,971 ha | 273,991 ha | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 324,217 ha | 30,940 ha | 293,276 ha | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 371,985 ha | 53,135 ha | 318,850 ha | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 430,580 ha | 117,335 ha | 313,245 ha | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 527,659 ha | 188,218 ha | 339,441 ha | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Ecuador or Peru?
- Ecuador, at 541,588 ha against 189,602 ha in Peru as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Ecuador and Peru?
- 351,986 ha, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Peru?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Peru rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 7th and Peru ranks 10th of 64 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.