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

226,250 tonnes, with Cameroon ahead.

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

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.

Cameroon vs Sierra Leone: Cocoa bean production by region

Cameroon

320,000 tonnes

in 2024

Sierra Leone

93,750 tonnes

in 2024

Cameroon rank

6th

Sierra Leone rank

9th

Cocoa bean production by region over time

Cameroon
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 320,000 tonnes against 93,750 tonnes in Sierra Leone, a difference of 226,250 tonnes.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 3.4 times Sierra Leone's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Cameroon has been ahead every year.

Cameroon ranks 6th and Sierra Leone ranks 9th of 62 countries.

Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1960s	88,421 tonnes	3,813 tonnes	84,608 tonnes	Cameroon
1970s	117,113 tonnes	6,454 tonnes	110,659 tonnes	Cameroon
1980s	119,965 tonnes	17,262 tonnes	102,703 tonnes	Cameroon
1990s	115,137 tonnes	12,996 tonnes	102,141 tonnes	Cameroon
2000s	167,329 tonnes	12,344 tonnes	154,985 tonnes	Cameroon
2010s	291,303 tonnes	26,104 tonnes	265,199 tonnes	Cameroon
2020s	304,015 tonnes	40,766 tonnes	263,250 tonnes	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cocoa bean production by region, Cameroon or Sierra Leone?: Cameroon, at 320,000 tonnes against 93,750 tonnes in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
What is the difference in cocoa bean production by region between Cameroon and Sierra Leone?: 226,250 tonnes, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Sierra Leone?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Sierra Leone rank globally for cocoa bean production by region?: Cameroon ranks 6th and Sierra Leone ranks 9th 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.