Mexico vs Sao Tome and Principe: Cocoa beans — Area harvested
Cocoa beans — Area harvested over time
- Mexico
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 52,274 ha against 43,874 ha in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 8,400 ha.
That makes Mexico's figure about 1.2 times Sao Tome and Principe's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Mexico has been ahead every year.
Mexico ranks 16th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 18th of 53 countries.
Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69,400 ha | 32,111 ha | 37,289 ha | Mexico |
| 1970s | 73,572 ha | 33,000 ha | 40,572 ha | Mexico |
| 1980s | 68,916 ha | 27,726 ha | 41,190 ha | Mexico |
| 1990s | 82,059 ha | 21,765 ha | 60,294 ha | Mexico |
| 2000s | 76,625 ha | 20,331 ha | 56,294 ha | Mexico |
| 2010s | 65,365 ha | 27,356 ha | 38,009 ha | Mexico |
| 2020s | 53,422 ha | 37,514 ha | 15,908 ha | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — area harvested, Mexico or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Mexico, at 52,274 ha against 43,874 ha in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — area harvested between Mexico and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 8,400 ha, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mexico and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 16th 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.