Cocoa bean production worldwide 2020/2021-2023/2024, by country

This statistic shows the production of cocoa beans from 2020/21 to 2022/23, with a forecast for 2023/24, by country. In crop year 2022/2023, about 2.24 million metric tons of cocoa beans were produced in Côte d'Ivoire. Cocoa productionCocoa, a native to the Americas, was a valuable crop in the earliest South American cultures. The term cocoa originated from the Nahuatl word “cacahuatl”. Many believe that the plant first grew in the Amazon and upper Orinoco basins but the Mayans and the Aztecs eventually developed techniques to cultivate cocoa successfully. The plant was considered as a symbol of wealth for these civilizations and its beans were used as currency. Cocoa beans are the main ingredient for making chocolate.Cocoa beans are produced in tropical zones around the Equator, where climate conditions are well suited for growing cocoa trees. About 70 percent of the world’s cocoa beans come from four West African countries: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon. The Ivory Coast and Ghana are by far the two largest producers of cocoa, accounting for more than 50 percent of the world´s cocoa. In 2021, the Ivory Coast alone produced approximately 2.1 million metric tons of cocoa beans. The nation is expected to produce a slightly higher volume of cocoa beans during the 2022/2023 crop year.

本统计数据展示了2020/21至2022/23年度各国可可豆的产量，并对2023/24年度进行了预测。在2022/2023作物年度，科特迪瓦生产了约224万吨的可可豆。可可，源自美洲，在最早的南美文化中是一种珍贵的作物。‘可可’一词源于纳瓦特尔语的‘cacahuatl’。许多人认为该植物最初生长在亚马逊和奥里诺科上游盆地，但玛雅人和阿兹特克人最终发展出了成功栽培可可的技术。该植物被视为这些文明的财富象征，其豆子被用作货币。可可豆是制作巧克力的主要原料。可可豆在赤道附近的 tropical zones 进行生产，这些地区的气候条件非常适合可可树的生长。全球约70%的可可豆来自四个西非国家：科特迪瓦、加纳、尼日利亚和喀麦隆。科特迪瓦和加纳无疑是世界上最大的可可豆生产国，占全球可可豆产量超过50%。2021年，仅科特迪瓦一国就生产了大约210万吨可可豆。预计该国在2022/2023作物年度将生产略高的可可豆产量。