Ecuador vs Ghana: Cocoa beans — Production
Cocoa beans — Production over time
- Ecuador
- Ghana
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 530,000 t against 403,699 t in Ecuador, a difference of 126,301 t.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.3 times Ecuador's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Ghana has been ahead every year.
Ecuador ranks 4th and Ghana ranks 3rd of 65 countries.
Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51,346 t | 423,700 t | 372,354 t | Ghana |
| 1970s | 70,866 t | 357,020 t | 286,154 t | Ghana |
| 1980s | 83,682 t | 221,172 t | 137,490 t | Ghana |
| 1990s | 84,101 t | 336,295 t | 252,194 t | Ghana |
| 2000s | 86,122 t | 588,067 t | 501,945 t | Ghana |
| 2010s | 179,580 t | 830,873 t | 651,294 t | Ghana |
| 2020s | 349,313 t | 742,876 t | 393,563 t | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — production, Ecuador or Ghana?
- Ghana, at 530,000 t against 403,699 t in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — production between Ecuador and Ghana?
- 126,301 t, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Ghana?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Ghana rank globally for cocoa beans — production?
- Ecuador ranks 4th and Ghana ranks 3rd of 65 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cocoa beans — Production. 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.