Melanesia vs Peru: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 189,602 ha against 127,342 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 62,260 ha.
That makes Peru's figure about 1.5 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Melanesia ahead.
Melanesia ranks 13th and Peru ranks 9th of 24 regions.
Across the 7 decades both report, Melanesia averaged higher in 5 and Peru in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43,479 ha | 4,765 ha | 38,714 ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 71,616 ha | 5,749 ha | 65,867 ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 90,508 ha | 18,971 ha | 71,536 ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 99,103 ha | 30,940 ha | 68,163 ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 122,838 ha | 53,135 ha | 69,703 ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 114,070 ha | 117,335 ha | 3,265 ha | Peru |
| 2020s | 120,937 ha | 188,218 ha | 67,282 ha | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Melanesia or Peru?
- Peru, at 189,602 ha against 127,342 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Melanesia and Peru?
- 62,260 ha, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Peru?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Peru rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 13th and Peru ranks 9th of 24 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.