Madagascar vs Sao Tome and Principe: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Madagascar
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 43,874 ha against 23,481 ha in Madagascar, a difference of 20,393 ha.
That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.9 times Madagascar's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Sao Tome and Principe has been ahead every year.
Madagascar ranks 21st and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 18th of 53 countries.
Sao Tome and Principe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,049 ha | 32,111 ha | 30,062 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1970s | 3,802 ha | 33,000 ha | 29,198 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1980s | 6,796 ha | 27,726 ha | 20,931 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | 5,084 ha | 21,765 ha | 16,681 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 6,268 ha | 20,331 ha | 14,064 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 11,239 ha | 27,356 ha | 16,117 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 16,689 ha | 37,514 ha | 20,824 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Madagascar or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 43,874 ha against 23,481 ha in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Madagascar and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 20,393 ha, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 21st and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 18th 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.