Least Developed Countries (LDCs) vs Melanesia: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Melanesia
How they compare
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) currently reports 757,861 ha against 127,342 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 630,519 ha.
That makes Least Developed Countries (LDCs)'s figure about 6.0 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) has been ahead every year.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 3rd and Melanesia ranks 5th of 14 regions.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 112,693 ha | 43,479 ha | 69,214 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 1970s | 147,073 ha | 71,616 ha | 75,457 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 1980s | 189,365 ha | 90,508 ha | 98,857 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 1990s | 167,213 ha | 99,103 ha | 68,110 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 2000s | 239,879 ha | 122,838 ha | 117,041 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 2010s | 387,520 ha | 114,070 ha | 273,450 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 2020s | 549,162 ha | 120,937 ha | 428,226 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) or Melanesia?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs), at 757,861 ha against 127,342 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Melanesia?
- 630,519 ha, with Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Melanesia rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 3rd and Melanesia ranks 5th of 14 regions.
- 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.