Least Developed Countries (LDCs) vs Nigeria: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 1.30 million ha against 757,861 ha in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), a difference of 542,549 ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.7 times Least Developed Countries (LDCs)'s.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 14 groups.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 112,693 ha | 700,000 ha | 587,307 ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 147,073 ha | 700,000 ha | 552,927 ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 189,365 ha | 700,800 ha | 511,435 ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 167,213 ha | 741,050 ha | 573,837 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 239,879 ha | 1.14 million ha | 899,313 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 387,520 ha | 1.10 million ha | 712,296 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 549,162 ha | 1.18 million ha | 626,916 ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 1.30 million ha against 757,861 ha in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Nigeria?
- 542,549 ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Nigeria rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 2nd of 14 groups.
- 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.