Cocoa bean production by country

Cocoa bean production is measured in tonnes.

Countries reporting
60
Highest
1.89 million tonnes
Cote d'Ivoire
Lowest
0 tonnes
Tonga
Median
2,500 tonnes
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
3,720

What the numbers show

Cocoa bean production is currently reported for 60 countries. The highest value is 1.89 million tonnes in Cote d'Ivoire; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,500 tonnes, and the mean is 87,210 tonnes.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 2,320.4%), and the largest decrease in Malaysia (down 83.3%).

Cocoa bean production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cote d'Ivoire 1.89 million tonnes 2024 up 15.4% volatile
2 Indonesia 632,702 tonnes 2024 down 13.1% volatile
3 Ghana 530,000 tonnes 2024 down 38.3% rising
4 Ecuador 403,699 tonnes 2024 up 158.4% volatile
5 Nigeria 350,000 tonnes 2024 up 6.1% rising
6 Cameroon 320,000 tonnes 2024 up 18.9% rising
7 Brazil 297,509 tonnes 2024 up 8.7% rising
8 Peru 157,252 tonnes 2024 up 92.6% volatile
9 Sierra Leone 93,750 tonnes 2024 up 448.8% volatile
10 Colombia 67,678 tonnes 2024 up 41.8% rising
11 Dominican Republic 57,461 tonnes 2024 down 17.8% rising
12 Uganda 55,000 tonnes 2024 up 96.4% volatile
13 Democratic Republic of Congo 50,000 tonnes 2024 up 1,566.7% volatile
14 Papua New Guinea 45,000 tonnes 2024 down 0.8% rising
15 India 30,388 tonnes 2024 up 102.6% volatile
16 Liberia 30,000 tonnes 2024 up 300.0% volatile
17 Venezuela 29,383 tonnes 2024 up 28.6% rising
18 Mexico 28,448 tonnes 2024 up 5.5% rising
19 Togo 25,000 tonnes 2024 up 12.7% volatile
20 Guinea 24,222 tonnes 2024 up 223.0% volatile
21 Madagascar 21,000 tonnes 2024 up 93.3% volatile
22 Congo 15,000 tonnes 2024 up 200.0% volatile
22 Tanzania 15,000 tonnes 2024 up 30.4% volatile
24 Guatemala 11,701 tonnes 2024 up 4.4% volatile
25 Philippines 10,844 tonnes 2024 up 99.8% rising
26 Nicaragua 9,317 tonnes 2023 up 132.9% volatile
27 Bolivia 5,825 tonnes 2024 down 2.4% rising
28 Solomon Islands 4,200 tonnes 2024 down 14.4% volatile
29 Sao Tome and Principe 4,000 tonnes 2024 up 25.0% volatile
30 Haiti 3,000 tonnes 2024 down 79.5% volatile
31 Honduras 2,000 tonnes 2024 up 42.9% volatile
32 Vietnam 1,500 tonnes 2024 down 50.0% falling
32 Vanuatu 1,500 tonnes 2024 down 10.5% rising
34 Cuba 1,463 tonnes 2024 down 33.1% falling
35 Sri Lanka 1,150 tonnes 2024 down 36.5% falling
36 Costa Rica 1,000 tonnes 2024 up 42.9% volatile
36 Dominica 1,000 tonnes 2024 up 65.3% volatile
38 Equatorial Guinea 600 tonnes 2024 down 32.7% volatile
39 Guyana 487.74 tonnes 2024 up 3.8% volatile
40 Samoa 482.72 tonnes 2024 up 1.3% volatile
41 Angola 464.93 tonnes 2024 up 11.2% rising
42 Malaysia 445 tonnes 2024 down 83.3% volatile
43 El Salvador 370.06 tonnes 2024 up 1.1% falling
44 Panama 291 tonnes 2024 down 54.6% falling
45 Trinidad and Tobago 231 tonnes 2024 down 29.6% volatile
46 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 230.92 tonnes 2024 up 4.8% rising
47 Belize 225 tonnes 2024 up 200.0% volatile
48 Fiji 215.9 tonnes 2024 up 2,320.4% volatile
49 Grenada 203 tonnes 2024 down 77.4% volatile
50 Jamaica 201 tonnes 2024 down 82.6% volatile
51 East Timor 177.11 tonnes 2024 up 6.4% volatile
52 Central African Republic 135.72 tonnes 2024 up 10.8% volatile
53 Thailand 122.6 tonnes 2024 down 14.9% volatile
54 Benin 100 tonnes 2010 unchanged volatile
54 Gabon 100 tonnes 2024 down 50.7% volatile
56 Comoros 43.68 tonnes 2024 up 6.8% rising
57 Micronesia (country) 31.08 tonnes 2024 down 0.5% falling
58 Saint Lucia 16.6 tonnes 2024 down 12.6% volatile
59 Suriname 4.59 tonnes 2024 down 1.3% volatile
60 Tonga 0 tonnes 1992 volatile

About this data

Indicator
Cocoa bean 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
62 places, 3,720 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Cocoa bean production is measured in tonnes.