Cocoa bean production in Benin
Cocoa bean production in Benin was 100 tonnes in 2010, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2009.
Cocoa bean production in Benin, 1983 to 2010
All 20 values
| Period | tonnes |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 100 |
| 2009 | 100 |
| 2008 | 100 |
| 2007 | 100 |
| 2006 | 100 |
| 2005 | 100 |
| 2004 | 100 |
| 2003 | 100 |
| 2002 | 100 |
| 2001 | 100 |
| 2000 | 100 |
| 1999 | 100 |
| 1998 | 200 |
| 1991 | 10 Estimated |
| 1990 | 15 Estimated |
| 1987 | 70 Estimated |
| 1986 | 20 Estimated |
| 1985 | 80 Estimated |
| 1984 | 20 Estimated |
| 1983 | 30 Estimated |
Rankings
Definition
Quantity of cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.
FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.
How to cite
FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cocoa beans, production, t (item 661, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.Citation styles
APA 7
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cocoa beans, production, t (item 661, element 5510) (Cocoa bean production, Benin, 1983 to 2010) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip
MLA 9
Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cocoa beans, production, t (item 661, element 5510), Cocoa bean production, Benin, 1983 to 2010. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/cocoa-production/benin. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cocoa beans, production, t (item 661, element 5510). Cocoa bean production, Benin, 1983 to 2010. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/cocoa-production/benin.
Harvard
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cocoa beans, production, t (item 661, element 5510), Cocoa bean production, Benin, 1983 to 2010 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/cocoa-production/benin (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{food_cocoa_bean_production_benin_2010,
author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cocoa beans, production, t (item 661, element 5510): Cocoa bean production, Benin, 1983 to 2010}},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/cocoa-production/benin. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cocoa beans, production, t (item 661, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production\_Crops\_Livestock\_E\_All\_Data\_\%28Normalized\%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}
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Cocoa bean production in Benin was 100 tonnes in 2010, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2009.
Where does this figure come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cocoa beans, production, t (item 661, element 5510). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
What was the highest cocoa bean production in Benin?
200 tonnes in 1998, the highest value since 1983 in this series.