Based on a comparison of 49 countries in 2022, Ivory Coast ranked the highest in cocoa bean production with 2,230,000 tonnes followed by Ghana and Indonesia. On the other end of the scale was Suriname with 4.59 tonnes, Comoros with 42.5 tonnes and Gabon with 100 tonnes.
Total cocoa bean production reached 5,874,582 tonnes in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 1.39 % more than in the previous year and 21.5 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total cocoa bean production reached an all time high of 5,874,582 tonnes in 2022 and an all time low of 1,186,344 tonnes in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 2.66 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, Ivory Coast, accounted for 38.0 % of cocoa bean production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 68.2 % share while the ten largest countries some 93.7 % in 2022.
Data for more countries are available at Cocoa Bean Production indicator page.
| Cocoa Bean Production | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Brazil | tonnes | 213,871 | 235,809 | 239,318 | 259,451 | 269,740 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | tonnes | 344,752 | 322,248 | 317,530 | 301,255 | 280,077 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | tonnes | 56,785 | 89,282 | 97,978 | 102,154 | 63,416 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dominican Republic | tonnes | 81,246 | 86,599 | 85,991 | 76,113 | 77,681 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ecuador | tonnes | 177,551 | 205,955 | 235,182 | 283,680 | 327,903 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | tonnes | 858,720 | 969,300 | 904,700 | 811,700 | 800,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | tonnes | 17,000 | 19,000 | 20,000 | 24,000 | 26,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | tonnes | 656,817 | 590,684 | 767,280 | 734,795 | 720,660 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | tonnes | 1,634,000 | 2,034,000 | 2,113,189 | 2,235,043 | 2,200,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | tonnes | 26,863 | 27,287 | 28,399 | 28,452 | 29,429 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | tonnes | 298,029 | 250,000 | 270,000 | 250,000 | 357,608 | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | tonnes | 38,000 | 36,900 | 33,300 | 35,700 | 38,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | tonnes | 107,922 | 121,814 | 134,676 | 141,775 | 158,944 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | tonnes | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | tonnes | 24,860 | 27,466 | 26,879 | 28,749 | 27,827 |
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