Cocoa bean production in Nicaragua

Cocoa bean production in Nicaragua was 9,317 tonnes in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 3.4% from 2022.

2023, tonnes9,317

Change on 2022-3.4%

Series high9,6422022

Series low2001987

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Cocoa bean production in Nicaragua, 1961 to 2023

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 63 values

Period	tonnes
2023	9,317
2022	9,642
2021	8,015
2020	7,508
2019	7,348
2018	6,939
2017	6,600
2016	5,185
2015	4,807
2014	2,924 Estimated
2013	4,000 Estimated
2012	2,800 Estimated
2011	2,069 Estimated
2010	1,900 Estimated
2009	1,550 Estimated
2008	1,250 Estimated
2007	970 Estimated
2006	1,400 Estimated
2005	580 Estimated
2004	800 Estimated
2003	550 Estimated
2002	515 Estimated
2001	300
2000	250 Estimated
1999	400
1998	200
1997	200
1996	200
1995	250
1994	200
1993	200
1992	400
1991	400
1990	400
1989	600
1988	200
1987	200
1986	300
1985	300
1984	300
1983	300
1982	400
1981	400
1980	500
1979	500
1978	500
1977	626
1976	621
1975	617
1974	500
1973	600
1972	600
1971	600
1970	600
1969	600
1968	600
1967	600
1966	500
1965	500
1964	500
1963	500
1962	500
1961	500

Rankings

Countries by cocoa bean production 62 places

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, Nicaragua, 1961 to 2023) [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, Nicaragua, 1961 to 2023. 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/nicaragua. 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, Nicaragua, 1961 to 2023. 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/nicaragua.

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, Nicaragua, 1961 to 2023 [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/nicaragua (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cocoa beans, production, t (item 661, element 5510): Cocoa bean production, Nicaragua, 1961 to 2023}},
  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/nicaragua. 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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What is the cocoa bean production in Nicaragua?

Cocoa bean production in Nicaragua was 9,317 tonnes in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 3.4% from 2022.

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 Nicaragua?

9,642 tonnes in 2022, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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