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Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana grew nearly half the world's cocoa in 2023/24

Two West African countries lead global cocoa bean production by a wide margin, with Côte d'Ivoire alone growing more than a third of the world's beans.

Updated October 2026 · Data year 2023/24 cocoa year for country production, with 2022/23 and 2024/25 world totals for context

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Two West African countries lead global cocoa bean production by a wide margin, with Côte d'Ivoire alone growing more than a third of the world's beans.

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Côte d'Ivoire · thousand tonnes of cocoa beans

Source: International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) · 2023/24 cocoa year for country production, with 2022/23 and 2024/25 world totals for context · Figures are ICCO estimates for the 2023/24 cocoa year, which runs October 2023 to September 2024 [S1]. The 2023/24 crop was unusually small after disease and poor weather hit West Africa, so the leaders' combined share is lower than in a normal year. In 2022/23 Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana together grew 2,895 of the world's 5,016 thousand tonnes, about 58 percent [S1]. ICCO reports world output recovering to about 4,698 thousand tonnes in 2024/25 [S2].

In the 2023/24 cocoa year the International Cocoa Organization estimates Côte d'Ivoire grew 1,674 thousand tonnes of cocoa beans and Ghana 449 thousand tonnes, a combined 2,123 of a world total of 4,368 thousand tonnes, or about 49 percent [S1]. Côte d'Ivoire by itself grew roughly 38 percent of the world's beans, ahead of Ecuador, Nigeria and Cameroon. Africa as a whole grew 3,114 thousand tonnes, about 71 percent of the global crop [S1]. One honest caveat: 2023/24 was a sharply reduced harvest after disease and poor weather, so the two leaders' share was lower than usual. In 2022/23 they together grew about 58 percent of world output [S1], and ICCO reports the global crop recovering in 2024/25 [S2].

Takeaways

Côte d'Ivoire grew 1,674 thousand tonnes of cocoa in 2023/24, about 38 percent of the world crop, ICCO [S1].
Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana together grew 2,123 thousand tonnes, roughly 49 percent of the 4,368 thousand tonne world total [S1].
Africa grew 3,114 thousand tonnes in 2023/24, about 71 percent of global production [S1].
The 2023/24 crop was unusually small. In 2022/23 the two leaders grew about 58 percent of world output [S1].

Countries in this chart

Côte d'Ivoire Ghana Nigeria Cameroon

Sources

TIER A International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), Production of cocoa beans, Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics, Vol. LI No. 2 (2023/24). https://www.icco.org/production_qbcs-li-no-2
2023/24 production in thousand tonnes: Côte d'Ivoire 1,674, Ghana 449, Ecuador 419, Nigeria 350, Cameroon 320, Brazil 182, Indonesia 180, Africa 3,114, world 4,368. 2022/23: Côte d'Ivoire 2,241, Ghana 654, world 5,016.
TIER A International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), November 2025 Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics (2024/25). https://www.icco.org/november-2025-quarterly-bulletin-of-cocoa-statistics/
World cocoa production revised to about 4,365 thousand tonnes in 2023/24 and 4,698 thousand tonnes in 2024/25, a 7.6 percent recovery.

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