Cashew nut production by country

Cashew nut production is measured in tonnes.

Countries reporting
34
Highest
944,673 tonnes
Cote d'Ivoire
Lowest
0 tonnes
Belize
Median
30,233 tonnes
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
1,922

What the numbers show

Cashew nut production is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 944,673 tonnes in Cote d'Ivoire; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Belize.

The median across all reporting countries is 30,233 tonnes, and the mean is 124,656 tonnes.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 774.7%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 100.0%).

Cashew nut production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cote d'Ivoire 944,673 tonnes 2024 up 71.8% volatile
2 India 794,910 tonnes 2024 up 5.6% volatile
3 Tanzania 528,262 tonnes 2024 up 306.0% volatile
4 Vietnam 306,185 tonnes 2024 up 25.0% volatile
5 Ghana 218,576 tonnes 2024 up 337.2% volatile
6 Benin 212,624 tonnes 2024 up 5.4% volatile
7 Brazil 159,212 tonnes 2024 up 47.8% volatile
8 Burkina Faso 147,617 tonnes 2024 up 23.0% volatile
9 Mozambique 142,250 tonnes 2024 up 125.5% volatile
10 Indonesia 141,305 tonnes 2024 up 7.7% volatile
11 Philippines 137,365 tonnes 2024 down 19.6% volatile
12 Guinea-Bissau 90,229 tonnes 2024 down 43.0% volatile
13 Nigeria 80,944 tonnes 2024 down 18.2% volatile
14 Mali 76,571 tonnes 2024 up 6.3% volatile
15 Guinea 61,472 tonnes 2024 up 412.3% volatile
16 Colombia 56,972 tonnes 2024 up 774.7% volatile
17 Gambia 36,017 tonnes 2024 up 557.7% volatile
18 Thailand 24,448 tonnes 2024 down 7.4% volatile
19 Sri Lanka 17,600 tonnes 2024 up 175.9% volatile
20 Malaysia 16,805 tonnes 2024 up 8.7% rising
21 Senegal 9,354 tonnes 2024 up 22.4% volatile
22 Togo 8,406 tonnes 2024 up 13.3% volatile
23 Kenya 7,803 tonnes 2024 down 64.8% rising
24 Madagascar 7,504 tonnes 2024 up 6.1% rising
25 Peru 2,484 tonnes 2024 down 9.9% rising
26 Angola 2,160 tonnes 2024 up 7.8% rising
27 Honduras 2,160 tonnes 2024 up 6.8% volatile
28 Myanmar 1,516 tonnes 2024 up 8.4% rising
29 El Salvador 1,122 tonnes 2024 up 0.8% falling
30 Dominican Republic 668.34 tonnes 2024 down 4.4% falling
31 Mexico 651.75 tonnes 2024 down 84.6% volatile
32 China 224.4 tonnes 2024 down 15.6% volatile
33 Malawi 215.6 tonnes 2024 down 4.2% flat
34 Belize 0 tonnes 2024 down 100.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Cashew nut production
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
35 places, 1,922 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Cashew nut production is measured in tonnes.