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Which Country Eats the Most Cocoa Beans?

Cocoa Bean Consumption (Total) (kt), 2021 or latest
Food & Drink | November 15, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 144 countries in 2021, USA ranked the highest in cocoa bean consumption with 983 kt followed by Indonesia and France. On the other end of the scale was Mali with 1.00 kt, Fiji with 1.00 kt and Togo with 1.00 kt.

Total cocoa bean consumption reached 5,578 kt in 2021 in the World according to Faostat. This is 5.77 % more than in the previous year and 19.1 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total cocoa bean consumption reached an all time high of 5,578 kt in 2021 and an all time low of 987 kt in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 2.93 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, USA, accounted for 17.6 % of cocoa bean consumption in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 33.3 % share while the ten largest countries some 57.8 % in 2021.

Data for more countries are available at Cocoa Bean Consumption (Total) indicator page.

Cocoa Bean Consumption (Total) Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Brazil kt 212 211 214 219 268
Canada kt 81.0 82.0 83.0 84.0 88.0
China kt 114 107 121 175 142
France kt 239 245 255 284 290
India kt 51.0 62.0 73.0 98.0 99.0
Indonesia kt 382 339 452 481 396
Italy kt 87.0 88.0 89.0 89.0 73.0
Ivory Coast kt 161 201 170 195 168
Japan kt 183 184 186 187 185
Philippines kt 55.0 70.0 77.0 82.0 89.0
Russia kt ... 160 148 170 184 179
Spain kt 139 140 142 152 157
Turkey kt 39.0 44.0 48.0 59.0 75.0
USA kt 869 879 889 907 906
United Kingdom kt 226 225 241 245 242

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