Ecuador vs South-Eastern Asia: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Ecuador
- South-Eastern Asia
How they compare
South-Eastern Asia currently reports 1.43 million ha against 541,588 ha in Ecuador, a difference of 889,312 ha.
That makes South-Eastern Asia's figure about 2.6 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 6th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 9th of 53 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 3 and South-Eastern Asia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | South-Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 209,595 ha | 19,647 ha | 189,948 ha | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 235,432 ha | 31,656 ha | 203,776 ha | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 292,962 ha | 190,573 ha | 102,389 ha | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 324,217 ha | 596,088 ha | 271,871 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 371,985 ha | 1.09 million ha | 716,348 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 430,580 ha | 1.73 million ha | 1.30 million ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 527,659 ha | 1.47 million ha | 942,323 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Ecuador or South-Eastern Asia?
- South-Eastern Asia, at 1.43 million ha against 541,588 ha in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Ecuador and South-Eastern Asia?
- 889,312 ha, with South-Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and South-Eastern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and South-Eastern Asia rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 6th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 9th 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.