, 57 countries produced cocoa beans, the main ingredient in chocolate, according to figures published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Ivory Coast was the largest producer of cocoa by a significant margin, with 1,890,442 tonnes produced that year. This represented 36% of the global cocoa supply, a decrease from 42% the previous year.
Table The table below uses 2024 data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and lists countries with significant cocoa production.
+ Cocoa production by country (2024) Country Tonnes (details) 1,890,442 632,702 (details) 530,000 403,699 (details) 350,000 320,000 (details) 297,509 157,253 93,750 67,678 57,461 55,000 (details) 50,000 (details) 45,000 30,388 30,000 29,383 28,448 25,000 24,222 21,000 15,000 15,000 11,701 (details) 10,844 5,825 4,200 (details) 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,500 1,500 1,463 1,150 1,000 1,000 600 488 (details) 483 465 445 370 291 231 231 225 216 203 201 177 136 123 100 44 31 17 5
Small-scale production Cocoa is also grown on a few small farms in Japan and Taiwan.
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