Brazil vs Ecuador: Cocoa bean production by region

Brazil

297,509 tonnes

in 2024

Ecuador

403,699 tonnes

in 2024

Brazil rank

7th

Ecuador rank

4th

Cocoa bean production by region over time

Ecuador currently reports 403,699 tonnes against 297,509 tonnes in Brazil, a difference of 106,190 tonnes.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.4 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 7th and Ecuador ranks 4th of 62 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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