El Salvador vs Sri Lanka: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- El Salvador
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 1,689 ha against 875 ha in El Salvador, a difference of 814 ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.9 times El Salvador's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.
El Salvador ranks 41st and Sri Lanka ranks 39th of 53 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 400 ha | 11,032 ha | 10,632 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 382.5 ha | 10,118 ha | 9,735 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 394 ha | 8,437 ha | 8,043 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 417.2 ha | 6,623 ha | 6,206 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 589 ha | 3,427 ha | 2,838 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 802.6 ha | 2,292 ha | 1,490 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 873.2 ha | 1,774 ha | 901 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, El Salvador or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 1,689 ha against 875 ha in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between El Salvador and Sri Lanka?
- 814 ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Sri Lanka rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 41st and Sri Lanka ranks 39th 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.