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Cocoa Production by African country

2024

Annual cocoa beans production, in tonnes (FAOSTAT).

Africa, 202419 of 54 countries
3,424,758total across the countries with a figure
Highest in 2024Cote d'Ivoire · 1,890,442Lowest in 2024Comoros · 43.7Reported in 202419 of 54 countries surveyed
All 54, ranked. Pinned countries are drawn in vermilion.
0625k1.3m1.9m2.5mCote d'Ivoire1,890,442Ghana530,000Nigeria350,000Cameroon320,000Sierra Leone93,750Uganda55,000Democratic Republic of the Congo50,000Liberia30,000Togo25,000Guinea24,222Madagascar21,000Republic of the Congo15,000Tanzania15,000Sao Tome and Principe4,000Equatorial Guinea600.0Angola464.9Central African Republic135.7Gabon100.0Comoros43.7Algeriano dataBeninno dataBotswanano dataBurkina Fasono dataBurundino dataCabo Verdeno dataChadno dataDjiboutino dataEgyptno dataEritreano dataEswatinino dataEthiopiano dataGambiano dataGuinea-Bissauno dataKenyano dataLesothono dataLibyano dataMalawino dataMalino dataMauritaniano dataMauritiusno dataMoroccono dataMozambiqueno dataNamibiano dataNigerno dataRwandano dataSenegalno dataSeychellesno dataSomaliano dataSouth Africano dataSouth Sudanno dataSudanno dataTunisiano dataZambiano dataZimbabweno data
20142024
FAO · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Summed across the countries with a figure, so a region’s total is only as complete as its coverage.
Western Africa7 of 16 countries2,943,413
Middle Africa8 of 9 countries390,301
Eastern Africa4 of 18 countries91,044
Northern Africa0 of 6 countries—
Southern Africa0 of 5 countries—
Africaall 54 countries · 19 with a 2024 figure3,424,758

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
35 countries have no usable 2024 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi and 30 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2024 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Cocoa ProductionAnnual cocoa beans production, in tonnes (FAOSTAT).
SourceFAO, with processing by Africa API
Unittonnes
Last updated3 Oct 2026
Next expected updateOct 2027
Date range1990–2024
Coverage19 of 54 countries · 19 reported, 0 modelled, 35 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 19 countries did so for 2024 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2024 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Cocoa Production". Data adapted from FAO. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/cocoa
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=cocoa_production_tonnes&year=2024&limit=100

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Cocoa Production: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

19 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryCocoa ProductionPeriod
1Cote d'Ivoire1.89M t2024
2Ghana530K t2024
3Nigeria350K t2024
4Cameroon320K t2024
5Sierra Leone93.75K t2024
6Uganda55K t2024
7Democratic Republic of the Congo50K t2024
8Liberia30K t2024
9Togo25K t2024
10Guinea24.22K t2024
11Madagascar21K t2024
12Republic of the Congo15K t2024
13Tanzania15K t2024
14Sao Tome and Principe4K t2024
15Equatorial Guinea600 t2024
16Angola464.93 t2024
17Central African Republic135.72 t2024
18Gabon100 t2024
19Comoros43.68 t2024
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 19 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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