Production of cocoa beans

(thousand tonnes)

2015/16 Estimates Forecasts

2016/17 2017/18
Africa 2923 73.1% 3625 76.4% 3490 76.1%
Cameroon 211 246 240
Côte d'Ivoire 1581 2020 2000
Ghana 778 970 880
Nigeria 200 245 240
Others 153 145 130

America 677 16.9% 739 15.6% 748 16.3%

Brazil 141 174 170
Ecuador 232 270 260
Others 305 295 318

Asia & Oceania 397 9.9% 379 8.0% 349 7.6%

Indonesia 320 290 260
Papua New Guinea 36 40 40
Others 41 49 49

World total 3997 100.0% 4744 100.0% 4587 100.0%

Source: ICCO Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics, Vol. XLIV, No. 2, Cocoa year 2017/18

Published: 31-05-2018

Note: Totals may differ from sum of constituents due to rounding.