Indonesia vs Nigeria: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Indonesia
- Nigeria
How they compare
Indonesia currently reports 1.39 million ha against 1.30 million ha in Nigeria, a difference of 86,340 ha.
That makes Indonesia's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Indonesia ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 53 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Indonesia averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Indonesia | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,143 ha | 700,000 ha | 691,857 ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 10,051 ha | 700,000 ha | 689,949 ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 52,565 ha | 700,800 ha | 648,235 ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 342,159 ha | 741,050 ha | 398,891 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 1.04 million ha | 1.14 million ha | 103,852 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 1.69 million ha | 1.10 million ha | 594,789 ha | Indonesia |
| 2020s | 1.43 million ha | 1.18 million ha | 250,146 ha | Indonesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Indonesia or Nigeria?
- Indonesia, at 1.39 million ha against 1.30 million ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Indonesia and Nigeria?
- 86,340 ha, with Indonesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Indonesia and Nigeria rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Indonesia ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 2nd 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.