The cocoa atlas
Every country that grows, exports or imports cocoa, sorted by what the figures show it actually does — because a country can matter to chocolate for quite different reasons.
Grow and export
33
countries sell more cocoa than they buy
Grow, and still import
18
grow cocoa and bring in more besides
Import only
74
grow none and buy all they use
How to read this
Cocoa is grown in one set of countries and turned into chocolate in another, and the overlap is small. Only 8 countries grow at least 2% of the world’s cocoa, and only 14 import at least 2% of what is traded. No country is on both lists.
Each country below is placed in one group by a rule, not by reputation. A country that grows cocoa and sells more than it buys is in the first table. One that grows cocoa and also imports it, or imports more than it exports, is in the second: these are the countries with their own grinding or chocolate industries, and they are the most interesting part of the map. A country that grows none is in the third.
46 of the 132 have a page of their own here, linked from the name. The rest have a row, which is as much as this site can say about their cocoa with a source behind it.
Countries that grow cocoa and export it
33 countries, largest grower first. Fine flavour is the share of bean exports the International Cocoa Council recognises as fine flavour cocoa.
| Country | Grown, 2024 (t) | Share of world crop | Peak year | Net exports (t) | Share of exports | Fine flavour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1,890,442 | 36.1% | 2022 | 1,983,987 | 46.3% | — |
| Indonesia | 632,702 | 12.1% | 2010 | 85,108 | 2.0% | 10% |
| Ghana | 530,000 | 10.1% | 2021 | 645,116 | 15.1% | Present |
| Ecuador | 403,699 | 7.7% | 2024 | 428,867 | 10.0% | 75% |
| Nigeria | 350,000 | 6.7% | 2006 | 355,929 | 8.3% | — |
| Cameroon | 320,000 | 6.1% | 2016 | 295,022 | 6.9% | Present |
| Peru | 157,253 | 3.0% | 2022 | 120,480 | 2.8% | 75% |
| Sierra Leone | 93,750 | 1.8% | 2024 | 20,402 | 0.5% | — |
| Colombia | 67,678 | 1.3% | 2019 | 3,468 | — | 80% |
| Dominican Republic | 57,461 | 1.1% | 2017 | 77,882 | 1.8% | 60% |
| Uganda | 55,000 | 1.1% | 2024 | 38,538 | 0.9% | — |
| DR Congo | 50,000 | 1.0% | 2024 | 44,054 | 1.0% | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 45,000 | 0.9% | 2009 | 43,220 | 1.0% | 80% |
| Liberia | 30,000 | 0.6% | 2016 | 23,745 | 0.6% | — |
| Venezuela | 29,383 | 0.6% | 2012 | 14,284 | 0.3% | Present |
| Togo | 25,000 | 0.5% | 2011 | 16,140 | 0.4% | — |
| Guinea | 24,222 | 0.5% | 2011 | 60,283 | 1.4% | — |
| Madagascar | 21,000 | 0.4% | 2024 | 16,646 | 0.4% | 100% |
| Republic of the Congo | 15,000 | 0.3% | 2021 | 10,326 | 0.2% | — |
| Tanzania | 15,000 | 0.3% | 2015 | 12,731 | 0.3% | — |
| Solomon Islands | 4,200 | 0.1% | 2011 | 3,611 | 0.1% | — |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 4,000 | 0.1% | 1973 | 3,648 | 0.1% | — |
| Haiti | 3,000 | 0.1% | 2015 | 2,168 | 0.1% | 10% |
| Honduras | 2,000 | under 0.1% | 1993 | 979 | under 0.1% | — |
| Vanuatu | 1,500 | under 0.1% | 1991 | 1,156 | under 0.1% | — |
| Dominica | 1,000 | under 0.1% | 2016 | 87 | 0.0% | — |
| Equatorial Guinea | 600 | under 0.1% | 1966 | 553 | under 0.1% | — |
| Panama | 291 | under 0.1% | 1984 | 543 | under 0.1% | — |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 231 | under 0.1% | 2024 | 22 | — | — |
| Belize | 225 | under 0.1% | 2022 | 122 | 0.0% | — |
| Grenada | 203 | under 0.1% | 1969 | 338 | under 0.1% | 100% |
| Saint Lucia | 17 | under 0.1% | 1961 | 13 | — | — |
| Nicaragua | No figure | — | 2022 | 8,572 | 0.2% | 80% |
Countries that grow cocoa and still import it
18 countries. The largest importers among them are Malaysia, Mexico, India, each of which brings in far more cocoa than it grows. A negative net export figure means the country buys more cocoa than it sells, whatever it grows.
| Country | Grown, 2024 (t) | Peak year | Net exports (t) | Imports (t) | Share of imports | Fine flavour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 297,509 | 1986 | -17,335 | — | — | 100% |
| India | 30,388 | 2024 | — | 123,071 | 1.8% | — |
| Mexico | 28,448 | 2009 | — | 123,877 | 1.8% | — |
| Guatemala | 11,701 | 2013 | — | 8,610 | 0.1% | — |
| Philippines | 10,844 | 2024 | — | 30,161 | 0.4% | — |
| Bolivia | 5,825 | 2013 | — | 1,768 | under 0.1% | — |
| Vietnam | 1,500 | 2019 | -8,938 | — | — | 80% |
| Cuba | 1,463 | 1992 | — | 298 | 0.0% | — |
| Sri Lanka | 1,150 | 1992 | — | 3,886 | 0.1% | — |
| Costa Rica | 1,000 | 1962 | — | 1,921 | under 0.1% | 100% |
| Samoa | 483 | 1963 | — | 19 | 0.0% | — |
| Malaysia | 445 | 1990 | — | 424,610 | 6.2% | Present |
| El Salvador | 370 | 1990 | — | 1,418 | under 0.1% | 100% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 231 | 1963 | -1,105 | — | — | 100% |
| Fiji | 216 | 1987 | -202 | — | — | — |
| Jamaica | 201 | 1987 | — | 27 | 0.0% | 100% |
| Thailand | 123 | 2001 | — | 28,212 | 0.4% | — |
| Gabon | 100 | 1970 | -90 | — | — | — |
Countries that import cocoa and grow none
74 countries, largest importer first. This counts cocoa arriving to be ground or made into chocolate. A country can rank high here because it has a port and a grinding industry rather than because it eats much chocolate, and a country that buys its chocolate ready-made hardly appears at all.
| Country | Imports (t) | Share of imports |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands (EU) | 1,012,789 | 14.7% |
| Germany (EU) | 842,700 | 12.2% |
| United States | 742,771 | 10.8% |
| France (EU) | 389,850 | 5.7% |
| Belgium (EU) | 373,075 | 5.4% |
| Italy (EU) | 251,544 | 3.6% |
| Spain (EU) | 239,464 | 3.5% |
| Canada | 219,848 | 3.2% |
| Türkiye | 211,756 | 3.1% |
| Poland (EU) | 185,463 | 2.7% |
| United Kingdom | 179,394 | 2.6% |
| Singapore | 160,171 | 2.3% |
| China | 146,225 | 2.1% |
| Russia | 120,693 | 1.8% |
| Japan | 106,577 | 1.5% |
| Switzerland | 97,033 | 1.4% |
| Australia | 69,793 | 1.0% |
| Estonia (EU) | 57,105 | 0.8% |
| Ukraine | 54,222 | 0.8% |
| Austria (EU) | 48,362 | 0.7% |
| Argentina | 46,220 | 0.7% |
| Bulgaria (EU) | 46,016 | 0.7% |
| Iran | 39,927 | 0.6% |
| Egypt | 36,094 | 0.5% |
| Algeria | 29,372 | 0.4% |
| Sweden (EU) | 25,845 | 0.4% |
| Chile | 24,799 | 0.4% |
| South Korea | 23,883 | 0.3% |
| Belarus | 22,691 | 0.3% |
| Czechia (EU) | 21,843 | 0.3% |
| Slovakia (EU) | 21,207 | 0.3% |
| Serbia | 20,019 | 0.3% |
| Israel | 19,715 | 0.3% |
| South Africa | 18,951 | 0.3% |
| Greece (EU) | 18,510 | 0.3% |
| Saudi Arabia | 17,707 | 0.3% |
| Croatia (EU) | 14,557 | 0.2% |
| Norway | 14,198 | 0.2% |
| Morocco | 13,954 | 0.2% |
| Ireland (EU) | 13,816 | 0.2% |
| Finland (EU) | 12,722 | 0.2% |
| Hungary (EU) | 12,221 | 0.2% |
| Pakistan | 11,513 | 0.2% |
| New Zealand | 11,407 | 0.2% |
| Uruguay | 10,357 | 0.1% |
| Tunisia | 9,961 | 0.1% |
| Portugal (EU) | 9,748 | 0.1% |
| Kazakhstan | 9,336 | 0.1% |
| Latvia (EU) | 8,771 | 0.1% |
| Romania (EU) | 8,599 | 0.1% |
| Uzbekistan | 8,522 | 0.1% |
| Jordan | 6,354 | 0.1% |
| Lithuania (EU) | 6,203 | 0.1% |
| Lebanon | 5,921 | 0.1% |
| Denmark (EU) | 5,316 | 0.1% |
| Syria | 4,025 | 0.1% |
| North Macedonia | 3,006 | under 0.1% |
| Slovenia (EU) | 2,674 | under 0.1% |
| Iceland | 1,899 | under 0.1% |
| Moldova | 1,540 | under 0.1% |
| Senegal | 1,489 | under 0.1% |
| Azerbaijan | 1,349 | under 0.1% |
| Kuwait | 1,337 | under 0.1% |
| Libya | 1,282 | under 0.1% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,257 | under 0.1% |
| Hong Kong | 836 | under 0.1% |
| Paraguay | 658 | under 0.1% |
| Albania | 417 | under 0.1% |
| Oman | 397 | under 0.1% |
| Cyprus (EU) | 395 | under 0.1% |
| Zambia | 233 | 0.0% |
| Luxembourg (EU) | 198 | 0.0% |
| Zimbabwe | 145 | 0.0% |
| Malta (EU) | 123 | 0.0% |
Small growers with no trade figure
7 countries report a crop to FAOSTAT and appear in neither of the agreement’s trade tables.
| Country | Grown, 2024 (t) | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Guyana | 488 | 2015 |
| Angola | 465 | 1973 |
| Timor-Leste | 177 | 2020 |
| Central African Republic | 136 | 2007 |
| Comoros | 44 | 1966 |
| Micronesia | 31 | 2007 |
| Suriname | 5 | 1962 |
What this atlas does not show
Consumption. No figure here says how much chocolate a country eats. Imports of cocoa measure where it is processed, and a per-person consumption series from a source this site can republish has not been found.
Places inside countries. Bali, Hawaii, Bahia and the like are regions of a country that reports one national figure; they are covered on the growing regions pages, in prose.
Quality, reputation or history. Those are what the country pages are for. See chocolate around the world and cacao origins.
One consistent year. Production is 2024 by calendar year from FAOSTAT; trade is the average of the cocoa years 2021/22 to 2023/24 from the annexes of the International Cocoa Agreement, 2026. They are set side by side, not reconciled.
Sources, methods and the tables in full: cocoa production by country and cocoa trade. The grouping, and the 2% line for “major”, are ChocolateHQ’s.