Largest Cocoa Bean Producing Countries in the World

Cocoa bean is the fully fermented fatty bean is used for many healthy foods, more than 3 million tons of cocoa are produced each year globally. The production of the Cocoa is increasing constantly that about 3% per year. Netherlands, United states, UK and other countries imports highest amount of cocoa to make chocolates. Cocoa and its products are used worldwide and African region is producing highest cocoa that around 2.5 million tons is about 70% of the total production of cocoa in the world. Cote d’lvoire is the highest producer of Cocoa beans of 1.23 million tons that about 34.7% of world production.

List of Highest Producer of Cocoa by Countries

Rank	Country	Amount produced	Percentage of world production
1	Cote d’Ivoire	1.23 million tons	34.70%
2	Ghana	746 thousand tons	20.60%
3	Indonesia	489 thousand tons	13.80%
4	Cameroon	220 thousand tons	5.90%
5	Nigeria	210 thousand tons	5.90%
6	Brazil	165 thousand tons	4.70%
7	Ecuador	130 thousand tons	3.70%
8	Malaysia	32 thousand tons	0.90%