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Cocoa bean production in São Tomé and Príncipe

Cocoa bean production in São Tomé and Príncipe was 4,000 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 28th highest of 57 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes4,000
Change on 20230%
Rank28th of 57Countries ranked
Series high11,3001973
Series low1,8432005

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Cocoa bean production in São Tomé and Príncipe, 1961 to 2024

02,0004,0006,0008,00010K12K19611971198119912001201120241961: 9,100 tonnes1962: 9,600 tonnes1963: 7,800 tonnes1964: 10,700 tonnes1965: 8,900 tonnes1966: 10,900 tonnes1967: 10,900 tonnes1968: 10,600 tonnes1969: 9,100 tonnes1970: 9,700 tonnes1971: 11,034 tonnes1972: 10,395 tonnes1973: 11,300 tonnes1974: 10,400 tonnes1975: 7,900 tonnes1976: 7,000 tonnes1977: 5,500 tonnes1978: 7,000 tonnes1979: 7,500 tonnes1980: 5,700 tonnes1981: 6,500 tonnes1982: 5,100 tonnes1983: 4,700 tonnes1984: 3,378 tonnes1985: 3,848 tonnes1986: 4,032 tonnes1987: 3,957 tonnes1988: 5,050 tonnes1989: 3,707 tonnes1990: 2,799 tonnes1991: 2,862 tonnes1992: 4,188 tonnes1993: 4,492 tonnes1994: 4,500 tonnes1995: 3,671 tonnes1996: 3,753 tonnes1997: 3,138 tonnes1998: 3,928 tonnes1999: 4,197 tonnes2000: 3,418 tonnes2001: 3,652 tonnes2002: 3,462 tonnes2003: 3,820 tonnes2004: 2,500 tonnes2005: 1,843 tonnes2006: 1,900 tonnes2007: 2,800 tonnes2008: 2,000 tonnes2009: 2,500 tonnes2010: 2,600 tonnes2011: 2,219 tonnes2012: 2,230 tonnes2013: 2,617 tonnes2014: 3,200 tonnes2015: 3,000 tonnes2016: 3,001 tonnes2017: 3,501 tonnes2018: 3,046 tonnes2019: 3,000 tonnes2020: 3,000 tonnes2021: 3,000 tonnes2022: 3,500 tonnes2023: 4,000 tonnes2024: 4,000 tonnes02,5005,0007,50010K12.5K19611983200520241961: 9,100 tonnes1962: 9,600 tonnes1963: 7,800 tonnes1964: 10,700 tonnes1965: 8,900 tonnes1966: 10,900 tonnes1967: 10,900 tonnes1968: 10,600 tonnes1969: 9,100 tonnes1970: 9,700 tonnes1971: 11,034 tonnes1972: 10,395 tonnes1973: 11,300 tonnes1974: 10,400 tonnes1975: 7,900 tonnes1976: 7,000 tonnes1977: 5,500 tonnes1978: 7,000 tonnes1979: 7,500 tonnes1980: 5,700 tonnes1981: 6,500 tonnes1982: 5,100 tonnes1983: 4,700 tonnes1984: 3,378 tonnes1985: 3,848 tonnes1986: 4,032 tonnes1987: 3,957 tonnes1988: 5,050 tonnes1989: 3,707 tonnes1990: 2,799 tonnes1991: 2,862 tonnes1992: 4,188 tonnes1993: 4,492 tonnes1994: 4,500 tonnes1995: 3,671 tonnes1996: 3,753 tonnes1997: 3,138 tonnes1998: 3,928 tonnes1999: 4,197 tonnes2000: 3,418 tonnes2001: 3,652 tonnes2002: 3,462 tonnes2003: 3,820 tonnes2004: 2,500 tonnes2005: 1,843 tonnes2006: 1,900 tonnes2007: 2,800 tonnes2008: 2,000 tonnes2009: 2,500 tonnes2010: 2,600 tonnes2011: 2,219 tonnes2012: 2,230 tonnes2013: 2,617 tonnes2014: 3,200 tonnes2015: 3,000 tonnes2016: 3,001 tonnes2017: 3,501 tonnes2018: 3,046 tonnes2019: 3,000 tonnes2020: 3,000 tonnes2021: 3,000 tonnes2022: 3,500 tonnes2023: 4,000 tonnes2024: 4,000 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
20244,000
20234,000
20223,500
20213,000
20203,000
20193,000
20183,046
20173,501
20163,001
20153,000
20143,200
20132,617
20122,230
20112,219
20102,600
20092,500
20082,000
20072,800
20061,900
20051,843
20042,500
20033,820
20023,462
20013,652
20003,418
19994,197
19983,928
19973,138
19963,753
19953,671
19944,500
19934,492
19924,188
19912,862
19902,799
19893,707
19885,050
19873,957
19864,032
19853,848
19843,378
19834,700
19825,100
19816,500
19805,700
19797,500
19787,000
19775,500
19767,000
19757,900
197410,400
197311,300
197210,395
197111,034
19709,700
19699,100
196810,600
196710,900
196610,900
19658,900
196410,700
19637,800
19629,600
19619,100

São Tomé and Príncipe compared with nearby places

Angola: 465 tonnesBolivia: 5,825 tonnesBrazil: 297,509 tonnesBelize: 225 tonnesDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 50,000 tonnesCentral African Republic: 136 tonnesRepublic of the Congo: 15,000 tonnesCôte d’Ivoire: 1,890,442 tonnesCameroon: 320,000 tonnesColombia: 67,678 tonnesCosta Rica: 1,000 tonnesCuba: 1,463 tonnesDominican Republic: 57,461 tonnesEcuador: 403,699 tonnesFiji: 216 tonnesGabon: 100 tonnesGhana: 530,000 tonnesGuinea: 24,222 tonnesEquatorial Guinea: 600 tonnesGuatemala: 11,701 tonnesGuyana: 488 tonnesHonduras: 2,000 tonnesHaiti: 3,000 tonnesIndonesia: 632,702 tonnesIndia: 30,388 tonnesJamaica: 201 tonnesSri Lanka: 1,150 tonnesLiberia: 30,000 tonnesMadagascar: 21,000 tonnesMexico: 28,448 tonnesMalaysia: 445 tonnesNigeria: 350,000 tonnesPanama: 291 tonnesPeru: 157,253 tonnesPapua New Guinea: 45,000 tonnesPhilippines: 10,844 tonnesSolomon Islands: 4,200 tonnesSierra Leone: 93,750 tonnesSuriname: 5 tonnesEl Salvador: 370 tonnesTogo: 25,000 tonnesThailand: 123 tonnesTimor-Leste: 177 tonnesTrinidad and Tobago: 231 tonnesTanzania: 15,000 tonnesUganda: 55,000 tonnesVenezuela: 29,383 tonnesVietnam: 1,500 tonnesVanuatu: 1,500 tonnesSamoa: 483 tonnes
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Cocoa bean production, 2024, tonnes. São Tomé and Príncipe is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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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.

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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, São Tomé and Príncipe, 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, São Tomé and Príncipe, 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/sao-tome-and-principe. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, São Tomé and Príncipe, 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/sao-tome-and-principe.

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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, São Tomé and Príncipe, 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/sao-tome-and-principe (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the cocoa bean production in São Tomé and Príncipe?

Cocoa bean production in São Tomé and Príncipe was 4,000 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 28th 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 São Tomé and Príncipe?

11,300 tonnes in 1973, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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