Coffee bean yields by country
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare. Green coffee beans are coffee seeds (beans) that have not yet been roasted.
Countries reporting
80
Highest
3.56 tonnes per hectare
China
Lowest
0.0213 tonnes per hectare
Suriname
Median
0.6042 tonnes per hectare
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
4,908
What the numbers show
Coffee bean yields is currently reported for 80 countries. The highest value is 3.56 tonnes per hectare in China; the lowest is 0.0213 tonnes per hectare in Suriname.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.6042 tonnes per hectare, and the mean is 0.7783 tonnes per hectare.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 167.
Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 698.2%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 56.4%).
Coffee bean yields: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 3.56 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Malawi | 2.98 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 96.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Vietnam | 2.97 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Malaysia | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Laos | 1.91 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Brazil | 1.74 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Ghana | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 9 | Sierra Leone | 1.47 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 698.2% | rising |
| 10 | Tonga | 1.37 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 11 | United States | 1.35 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 48.6% | falling |
| 12 | Nigeria | 1.31 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 13 | Paraguay | 1.31 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 14 | Honduras | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 15 | Belize | 1.18 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 17 | Rwanda | 1.16 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 288.4% | rising |
| 18 | Zambia | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 19 | Papua New Guinea | 1.06 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 20 | Sri Lanka | 1.04 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Colombia | 1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 22 | Saint Lucia | 1 tonnes per hectare | 1988 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Mozambique | 0.9808 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 25 | Nicaragua | 0.9659 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 26 | Burundi | 0.9288 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 27 | Bolivia | 0.9182 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 28 | Dominica | 0.8862 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 29 | Peru | 0.8508 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 30 | Taiwan | 0.8376 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 0.8171 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 32 | Guyana | 0.8147 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 33 | Jamaica | 0.7961 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Cambodia | 0.7932 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 0.753 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 34.5% | rising |
| 36 | India | 0.7387 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 37 | Yemen | 0.7147 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 38 | Myanmar | 0.7145 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 39 | Ethiopia | 0.6671 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 40 | Fiji | 0.6381 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Indonesia | 0.6362 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 21.6% | flat |
| 42 | Vanuatu | 0.6105 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 43 | Guatemala | 0.598 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 44 | Madagascar | 0.5659 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 45 | Philippines | 0.5528 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 46 | Dominican Republic | 0.55 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 318.9% | falling |
| 47 | Cameroon | 0.549 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 48 | Cook Islands | 0.5461 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Uganda | 0.5458 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 50 | Thailand | 0.53 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 41.7% | rising |
| 51 | Togo | 0.5159 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 44.5% | falling |
| 52 | Haiti | 0.5157 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 53 | Panama | 0.4513 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 54 | Kenya | 0.4357 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 55 | East Timor | 0.4236 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 51.8% | falling |
| 56 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.3946 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 57 | Guinea | 0.3928 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 58 | Gabon | 0.38 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 59 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.3674 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 60 | Venezuela | 0.3501 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 61 | Central African Republic | 0.3443 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 62 | Angola | 0.3438 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Cuba | 0.3371 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 64 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.3311 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 65 | Puerto Rico | 0.3168 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 56.4% | rising |
| 66 | Congo | 0.3039 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Samoa | 0.3002 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Ecuador | 0.2949 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 147.6% | falling |
| 69 | Mexico | 0.2948 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 70 | El Salvador | 0.2428 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 71 | Tanzania | 0.2377 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 72 | Liberia | 0.2373 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 73 | Cape Verde | 0.2318 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 74 | French Polynesia | 0.2262 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 75 | Benin | 0.1945 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 76 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1468 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 77 | Comoros | 0.1423 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 78 | New Caledonia | 0.1382 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1203 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 80 | Nepal | 0.1164 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 81 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0557 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Suriname | 0.0213 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare. Green coffee beans are coffee seeds (beans) that have not yet been roasted.