Brazil vs Nigeria: Cocoa bean production by region

Brazil

297,509 tonnes

in 2024

Nigeria

350,000 tonnes

in 2024

Brazil rank

7th

Nigeria rank

5th

Cocoa bean production by region over time

Nigeria currently reports 350,000 tonnes against 297,509 tonnes in Brazil, a difference of 52,491 tonnes.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.

Brazil ranks 7th and Nigeria ranks 5th 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.