Cocoa beans: production by country

Cocoa beans: the total weight produced in each country in a year, in tonnes. Which countries produce the most?

#1 Côte d’Ivoire (1.89M t), #2 Indonesia (633K t), #3 Ghana (530K t). The last place is Suriname (4.59 t).

How to read this number

The total weight, in tonnes, of the crop or product harvested or produced in the country in a year, as reported to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Item: Cocoa beans.

Only countries with a production above zero are listed. Countries that grow or make none, or that have no FAO figure, are not ranked (they are not counted as zero). Many figures, especially for small countries, are estimated by the FAO, so small differences between countries are not reliable. Weather and harvests change the amounts from year to year.

  • Countries listed: 58 (of 193)
  • Data years: 2023–2024 (differs by country)
  • 57 countries use 2024 data

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Ranking table

Sorted from the highest value

RankCountryCocoa beans: productionYearBar
1 Côte d’Ivoire 1,890,442 t 2024
2 Indonesia 632,702 t 2024
3 Ghana 530,000 t 2024
4 Ecuador 403,699 t 2024
5 Nigeria 350,000 t 2024
6 Cameroon 320,000 t 2024
7 Brazil 297,509 t 2024
8 Peru 157,253 t 2024
9 Sierra Leone 93,750 t 2024
10 Colombia 67,678 t 2024
11 Dominican Republic 57,461 t 2024
12 Uganda 55,000 t 2024
13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 50,000 t 2024
14 Papua New Guinea 45,000 t 2024
15 India 30,388 t 2024
16 Liberia 30,000 t 2024
17 Venezuela 29,383 t 2024
18 Mexico 28,448 t 2024
19 Togo 25,000 t 2024
20 Guinea 24,222 t 2024
21 Madagascar 21,000 t 2024
22= Republic of the Congo 15,000 t 2024
22= Tanzania 15,000 t 2024
24 Guatemala 11,701 t 2024
25 Philippines 10,844 t 2024
26 Nicaragua 9,317 t 2023
27 Bolivia 5,825 t 2024
28 Solomon Islands 4,200 t 2024
29 São Tomé & Príncipe 4,000 t 2024
30 Haiti 3,000 t 2024
31 Honduras 2,000 t 2024
32= Vietnam 1,500 t 2024
32= Vanuatu 1,500 t 2024
34 Cuba 1,463 t 2024
35 Sri Lanka 1,150 t 2024
36= Costa Rica 1,000 t 2024
36= Dominica 1,000 t 2024
38 Equatorial Guinea 600 t 2024
39 Guyana 488 t 2024
40 Samoa 483 t 2024
41 Angola 465 t 2024
42 Malaysia 445 t 2024
43 El Salvador 370 t 2024
44 Panama 291 t 2024
45 Trinidad & Tobago 231 t 2024
46 St. Vincent & Grenadines 231 t 2024
47 Belize 225 t 2024
48 Fiji 216 t 2024
49 Grenada 203 t 2024
50 Jamaica 201 t 2024
51 Timor-Leste 177 t 2024
52 Central African Republic 136 t 2024
53 Thailand 123 t 2024
54 Gabon 100 t 2024
55 Comoros 44 t 2024
56 Micronesia 31 t 2024
57 St. Lucia 17 t 2024
58 Suriname 5 t 2024

Each value is the latest year available for that country (see the Year column), so the years can differ from country to country.

Data is available for 58 of 193 countries. The rest are not listed.

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 04 November 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL Licence: CC-BY-4.0. Processed by this site. fao.org/faostat

How it has changed (1961–2024)

See how cocoa beans production has changed across the world’s countries from 1961 to 2024.

  • The country ranked first changed over time: Ghana in 1961–1976, Côte d’Ivoire in 1977–2024.
Cocoa beans production: Japan and the top 5 countries in 2024From 1961 to 2024. Last values: Côte d’Ivoire 1.89M t, Indonesia 633K t, Ghana 530K t, Ecuador 404K t, Nigeria 350K t.01M2M3M1961197019801990200020102024Côte d’IvoireCôte d’IvoireIndonesiaIndonesiaGhanaGhanaEcuadorEcuadorNigeriaNigeria
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country19611970198019902000201020202024
Côte d’Ivoire85K t179K t417K t808K t1.4M t1.3M t2.2M t1.89M t
Indonesia1.03K t1.74K t10.3K t142K t421K t845K t721K t633K t
Ghana415K t406K t277K t293K t437K t632K t800K t530K t
Ecuador44.1K t53.6K t91.2K t96.7K t65K t132K t328K t404K t
Nigeria197K t305K t153K t244K t338K t399K t358K t350K t
Japan––––––––
Countries with data5454565758585857

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