Least Developed Countries (LDCs) vs Sierra Leone: Cocoa beans — Area harvested

Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
757,861 ha
in 2024
Sierra Leone
198,714 ha
in 2024
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank
3rd
Sierra Leone rank
7th

Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time

  • Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Least Developed Countries (LDCs) currently reports 757,861 ha against 198,714 ha in Sierra Leone, a difference of 559,147 ha.

That makes Least Developed Countries (LDCs)'s figure about 3.8 times Sierra Leone's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) has been ahead every year.

Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 3rd and Sierra Leone ranks 7th 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) Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1960s 112,693 ha 8,556 ha 104,137 ha Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
1970s 147,073 ha 15,200 ha 131,873 ha Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
1980s 189,365 ha 40,500 ha 148,865 ha Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
1990s 167,213 ha 35,621 ha 131,592 ha Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
2000s 239,879 ha 35,500 ha 204,379 ha Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
2010s 387,520 ha 64,118 ha 323,401 ha Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
2020s 549,162 ha 91,237 ha 457,925 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 Sierra Leone?
Least Developed Countries (LDCs), at 757,861 ha against 198,714 ha in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Sierra Leone?
559,147 ha, with Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Sierra Leone?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Sierra Leone rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 3rd and Sierra Leone ranks 7th 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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Indicator
Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
82 places, 4,994 data points, 1961–2024
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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.