Sri Lanka vs Western Africa: Cocoa beans — Yield
Cocoa beans — Yield over time
- Sri Lanka
- Western Africa
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 680.9 kg/ha against 453.3 kg/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 227.6 kg/ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.5 times Western Africa's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Africa ahead.
Sri Lanka ranks 8th and Western Africa ranks 12th of 53 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sri Lanka averaged higher in 4 and Western Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sri Lanka | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 240.96 kg/ha | 297.71 kg/ha | 56.76 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 1970s | 198.07 kg/ha | 318.97 kg/ha | 120.9 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 1980s | 332.36 kg/ha | 353.41 kg/ha | 21.05 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 609.62 kg/ha | 474.03 kg/ha | 135.59 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 651.02 kg/ha | 473.82 kg/ha | 177.2 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 744.4 kg/ha | 476.01 kg/ha | 268.39 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 731.5 kg/ha | 469.02 kg/ha | 262.48 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cocoa beans — yield, Sri Lanka or Western Africa?
- Sri Lanka, at 680.9 kg/ha against 453.3 kg/ha in Western Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cocoa beans — yield between Sri Lanka and Western Africa?
- 227.6 kg/ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Sri Lanka and Western Africa rank globally for cocoa beans — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 8th and Western Africa ranks 12th of 53 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cocoa beans — Yield. 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.