India vs Southern Asia: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- India
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Southern Asia currently reports 112,725 ha against 111,036 ha in India, a difference of 1,689 ha.
Across all 48 years both countries report, Southern Asia has been ahead every year.
India ranks 12th and Southern Asia ranks 14th of 53 countries.
Southern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 670 ha | 8,941 ha | 8,271 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1980s | 20,000 ha | 28,437 ha | 8,437 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1990s | 15,122 ha | 21,746 ha | 6,623 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2000s | 24,866 ha | 28,293 ha | 3,427 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2010s | 72,780 ha | 75,072 ha | 2,292 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2020s | 105,407 ha | 107,181 ha | 1,774 ha | Southern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, India or Southern Asia?
- Southern Asia, at 112,725 ha against 111,036 ha in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between India and Southern Asia?
- 1,689 ha, with Southern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Southern Asia?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
- How do India and Southern Asia rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- India ranks 12th and Southern Asia ranks 14th 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.