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Cocoa bean production in Ghana

Cocoa bean production in Ghana was 530,000 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 18.9% from 2023. That is the 3rd highest of 57 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes530,000
Change on 2023-18.9%
Rank3rd of 57Countries ranked
Series high1,047,3852021
Series low166,7001984

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Cocoa bean production in Ghana, 1961 to 2024

0200K400K600K800K1M1.2M19611971198119912001201120241961: 415,200 tonnes1962: 428,100 tonnes1963: 427,800 tonnes1964: 580,500 tonnes1965: 415,800 tonnes1966: 381,100 tonnes1967: 423,500 tonnes1968: 327,000 tonnes1969: 414,300 tonnes1970: 406,000 tonnes1971: 470,000 tonnes1972: 415,700 tonnes1973: 343,000 tonnes1974: 385,100 tonnes1975: 397,300 tonnes1976: 326,700 tonnes1977: 277,400 tonnes1978: 268,200 tonnes1979: 280,800 tonnes1980: 277,200 tonnes1981: 246,500 tonnes1982: 202,500 tonnes1983: 168,100 tonnes1984: 166,700 tonnes1985: 194,400 tonnes1986: 226,400 tonnes1987: 188,170 tonnes1988: 246,700 tonnes1989: 295,052 tonnes1990: 293,355 tonnes1991: 241,796 tonnes1992: 312,122 tonnes1993: 254,652 tonnes1994: 288,075 tonnes1995: 403,900 tonnes1996: 403,000 tonnes1997: 322,490 tonnes1998: 409,360 tonnes1999: 434,200 tonnes2000: 436,600 tonnes2001: 389,591 tonnes2002: 340,562 tonnes2003: 497,000 tonnes2004: 737,000 tonnes2005: 740,000 tonnes2006: 734,000 tonnes2007: 614,500 tonnes2008: 680,781 tonnes2009: 710,638 tonnes2010: 632,037 tonnes2011: 700,020 tonnes2012: 879,348 tonnes2013: 835,466 tonnes2014: 858,720 tonnes2015: 858,720 tonnes2016: 858,720 tonnes2017: 969,300 tonnes2018: 904,700 tonnes2019: 811,700 tonnes2020: 800,000 tonnes2021: 1,047,385 tonnes2022: 683,300 tonnes2023: 653,700 tonnes2024: 530,000 tonnes0250K500K750K1M1.25M19611983200520241961: 415,200 tonnes1962: 428,100 tonnes1963: 427,800 tonnes1964: 580,500 tonnes1965: 415,800 tonnes1966: 381,100 tonnes1967: 423,500 tonnes1968: 327,000 tonnes1969: 414,300 tonnes1970: 406,000 tonnes1971: 470,000 tonnes1972: 415,700 tonnes1973: 343,000 tonnes1974: 385,100 tonnes1975: 397,300 tonnes1976: 326,700 tonnes1977: 277,400 tonnes1978: 268,200 tonnes1979: 280,800 tonnes1980: 277,200 tonnes1981: 246,500 tonnes1982: 202,500 tonnes1983: 168,100 tonnes1984: 166,700 tonnes1985: 194,400 tonnes1986: 226,400 tonnes1987: 188,170 tonnes1988: 246,700 tonnes1989: 295,052 tonnes1990: 293,355 tonnes1991: 241,796 tonnes1992: 312,122 tonnes1993: 254,652 tonnes1994: 288,075 tonnes1995: 403,900 tonnes1996: 403,000 tonnes1997: 322,490 tonnes1998: 409,360 tonnes1999: 434,200 tonnes2000: 436,600 tonnes2001: 389,591 tonnes2002: 340,562 tonnes2003: 497,000 tonnes2004: 737,000 tonnes2005: 740,000 tonnes2006: 734,000 tonnes2007: 614,500 tonnes2008: 680,781 tonnes2009: 710,638 tonnes2010: 632,037 tonnes2011: 700,020 tonnes2012: 879,348 tonnes2013: 835,466 tonnes2014: 858,720 tonnes2015: 858,720 tonnes2016: 858,720 tonnes2017: 969,300 tonnes2018: 904,700 tonnes2019: 811,700 tonnes2020: 800,000 tonnes2021: 1,047,385 tonnes2022: 683,300 tonnes2023: 653,700 tonnes2024: 530,000 tonnes
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cocoa beans, production, t (item 661, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 64 values
Periodtonnes
2024530,000
2023653,700
2022683,300
20211,047,385
2020800,000
2019811,700
2018904,700
2017969,300
2016858,720
2015858,720
2014858,720
2013835,466
2012879,348
2011700,020
2010632,037
2009710,638
2008680,781
2007614,500
2006734,000
2005740,000
2004737,000
2003497,000
2002340,562
2001389,591
2000436,600
1999434,200
1998409,360
1997322,490
1996403,000
1995403,900
1994288,075
1993254,652
1992312,122
1991241,796
1990293,355
1989295,052
1988246,700
1987188,170
1986226,400
1985194,400
1984166,700
1983168,100
1982202,500
1981246,500
1980277,200
1979280,800
1978268,200
1977277,400
1976326,700
1975397,300
1974385,100
1973343,000
1972415,700
1971470,000
1970406,000
1969414,300
1968327,000
1967423,500
1966381,100
1965415,800
1964580,500
1963427,800
1962428,100
1961415,200

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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.

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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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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, Ghana, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cocoa beans, production, t (item 661, element 5510), Cocoa bean production, Ghana, 1961 to 2024. 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/ghana. 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, Ghana, 1961 to 2024. 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/ghana.

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, Ghana, 1961 to 2024 [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/ghana (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the cocoa bean production in Ghana?

Cocoa bean production in Ghana was 530,000 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 18.9% from 2023. That is the 3rd highest of 57 countries in 2024.

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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 Ghana?

1,047,385 tonnes in 2021, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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