Cocoa beans — Production in Brazil
Brazil: Cocoa beans — Production was 297,509 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Production in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cocoa beans — production in Brazil is 297,509 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — production in Brazil peaked at 459,477 t in 1986 and was at its lowest, 140,363 t, in 1962.
That places Brazil 6th out of 54 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Production in Brazil, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 155,901 t | — |
| 1962 | 140,363 t | -10.0% |
| 1963 | 143,495 t | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 153,685 t | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 160,823 t | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 172,900 t | +7.5% |
| 1967 | 194,692 t | +12.6% |
| 1968 | 149,338 t | -23.3% |
| 1969 | 211,162 t | +41.4% |
| 1970 | 197,061 t | -6.7% |
| 1971 | 218,701 t | +11.0% |
| 1972 | 221,469 t | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 195,916 t | -11.5% |
| 1974 | 242,400 t | +23.7% |
| 1975 | 281,887 t | +16.3% |
| 1976 | 231,796 t | -17.8% |
| 1977 | 249,755 t | +7.7% |
| 1978 | 284,490 t | +13.9% |
| 1979 | 336,326 t | +18.2% |
| 1980 | 319,141 t | -5.1% |
| 1981 | 335,625 t | +5.2% |
| 1982 | 351,149 t | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 380,256 t | +8.3% |
| 1984 | 329,903 t | -13.2% |
| 1985 | 430,789 t | +30.6% |
| 1986 | 459,477 t | +6.7% |
| 1987 | 328,740 t | -28.5% |
| 1988 | 374,491 t | +13.9% |
| 1989 | 392,184 t | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 256,246 t | -34.7% |
| 1991 | 320,967 t | +25.3% |
| 1992 | 328,518 t | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 340,885 t | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 330,577 t | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 296,705 t | -10.2% |
| 1996 | 256,777 t | -13.5% |
| 1997 | 277,966 t | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 280,801 t | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 205,003 t | -27.0% |
| 2000 | 196,788 t | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 185,662 t | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 174,796 t | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 170,004 t | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 196,005 t | +15.3% |
| 2005 | 208,620 t | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 212,270 t | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 201,651 t | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 202,030 t | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 218,487 t | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 235,389 t | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 248,524 t | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 253,211 t | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 256,186 t | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 273,793 t | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 278,299 t | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 213,871 t | -23.2% |
| 2017 | 235,809 t | +10.3% |
| 2018 | 239,318 t | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 259,451 t | +8.4% |
| 2020 | 269,740 t | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 302,126 t | +12.0% |
| 2022 | 301,026 t | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 296,114 t | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 297,509 t | +0.5% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 297,509 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 541.36 t, 549.6× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 297,509 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,000 t, 297.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 164,707 t | 140,363 t | 211,162 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 245,980 t | 195,916 t | 336,326 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 370,176 t | 319,141 t | 459,477 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 289,444 t | 205,003 t | 340,885 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 196,631 t | 170,004 t | 218,487 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 249,385 t | 213,871 t | 278,299 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 293,303 t | 269,740 t | 302,126 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 3 Ecuador 403,699 t compare
- 4 Nigeria 350,000 t compare
- 5 Cameroon 320,000 t compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 1.89 million t compare
- 5 Melanesia 50,916 t compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 50,000 t compare
- 7 Peru 157,252 t compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 29,383 t compare
- 8 Sierra Leone 93,750 t compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 15,000 t compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5,825 t compare
- 9 Colombia 67,678 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — production in Brazil?
- Cocoa beans — production in Brazil was 297,509 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — production recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 459,477 t in 1986.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — production recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 140,363 t in 1962.
- How does Brazil rank for cocoa beans — production?
- Brazil ranks 6th out of 54 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — production rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cocoa beans — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.