Which has higher cocoa bean production by region, Brazil or Cameroon?

Cameroon, at 320,000 tonnes against 297,509 tonnes in Brazil as of 2024.

What is the difference in cocoa bean production by region between Brazil and Cameroon?

22,491 tonnes, with Cameroon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Cameroon?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cocoa bean production by region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Brazil vs Cameroon: Cocoa bean production by region

Brazil

297,509 tonnes

in 2024

Cameroon

320,000 tonnes

in 2024

Brazil rank

7th

Cameroon rank

6th

Cocoa bean production by region over time

Brazil
Cameroon

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 320,000 tonnes against 297,509 tonnes in Brazil, a difference of 22,491 tonnes.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 7th and Cameroon ranks 6th of 62 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 5 and Cameroon in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Cameroon	Difference	Ahead
1960s	164,707 tonnes	88,421 tonnes	76,286 tonnes	Brazil
1970s	245,980 tonnes	117,113 tonnes	128,867 tonnes	Brazil
1980s	370,176 tonnes	119,965 tonnes	250,210 tonnes	Brazil
1990s	289,444 tonnes	115,137 tonnes	174,308 tonnes	Brazil
2000s	196,631 tonnes	167,329 tonnes	29,302 tonnes	Brazil
2010s	249,385 tonnes	291,303 tonnes	41,918 tonnes	Cameroon
2020s	293,303 tonnes	304,015 tonnes	10,712 tonnes	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cocoa bean production by region, Brazil or Cameroon?: Cameroon, at 320,000 tonnes against 297,509 tonnes in Brazil as of 2024.
What is the difference in cocoa bean production by region between Brazil and Cameroon?: 22,491 tonnes, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Cameroon?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Cameroon rank globally for cocoa bean production by region?: Brazil ranks 7th and Cameroon ranks 6th of 62 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cocoa bean production by region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Cocoa bean production by region
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 62 places, 3,720 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Global production of cocoa beans, measured in tonnes of production per year.