The table compares the amount of cacao beans, produced in six different regions from 1982 to 1998, at two-year interval.
Overall, South America and Asia recorded the highest figures in most years, while Africa display the lowest numbers. In addition, most of the regions demonstrated an increase for the majority of the period.
In 1992, South America dominated the chart with a production of 143000, which was 24000 more than Asia’s figure. The third ranked region was England, with 56000, whereas North and Central America, Oceania and Africa followed with 46000, 40000 and 29000 relatives. After two years, the significant changes were experienced by Africa and North and Central America, where the first rose one and a half times, and the second dropped by around half..
By 1996, the production of Africa shot up to 119000, also Oceania and North and Central America saw an increase, while the reverse was true for England. The figure for Asia overtook South America’s , which went to 234000 in 1996, and then to 436000 in 1998. In the last year, the rates of most regions showed a growth, with the exceptions of Africa’s rate, that became the lowest with 25000