Ghana vs South-Eastern Asia: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Ghana
- South-Eastern Asia
How they compare
South-Eastern Asia currently reports 1.43 million ha against 919,824 ha in Ghana, a difference of 511,076 ha.
That makes South-Eastern Asia's figure about 1.6 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ghana ahead.
Ghana ranks 3rd and South-Eastern Asia ranks 9th of 53 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 5 and South-Eastern Asia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | South-Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.62 million ha | 19,647 ha | 1.60 million ha | Ghana |
| 1970s | 1.35 million ha | 31,656 ha | 1.32 million ha | Ghana |
| 1980s | 887,173 ha | 190,573 ha | 696,600 ha | Ghana |
| 1990s | 931,314 ha | 596,088 ha | 335,226 ha | Ghana |
| 2000s | 1.61 million ha | 1.09 million ha | 523,217 ha | Ghana |
| 2010s | 1.66 million ha | 1.73 million ha | 70,023 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 1.34 million ha | 1.47 million ha | 134,159 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Ghana or South-Eastern Asia?
- South-Eastern Asia, at 1.43 million ha against 919,824 ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Ghana and South-Eastern Asia?
- 511,076 ha, with South-Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and South-Eastern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and South-Eastern Asia rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Ghana ranks 3rd 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.