Liberia vs Melanesia: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Liberia
- Melanesia
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 182,495 ha against 127,342 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 55,153 ha.
That makes Liberia's figure about 1.4 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Melanesia ahead.
Liberia ranks 10th and Melanesia ranks 5th of 53 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 1 and Melanesia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,556 ha | 43,479 ha | 34,923 ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 11,697 ha | 71,616 ha | 59,919 ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 25,311 ha | 90,508 ha | 65,196 ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 7,662 ha | 99,103 ha | 91,441 ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 16,121 ha | 122,838 ha | 106,716 ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 76,214 ha | 114,070 ha | 37,856 ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 146,797 ha | 120,937 ha | 25,861 ha | Liberia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Liberia or Melanesia?
- Liberia, at 182,495 ha against 127,342 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Liberia and Melanesia?
- 55,153 ha, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Liberia and Melanesia rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Liberia ranks 10th and Melanesia ranks 5th 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.