Cocoa bean production in Sierra Leone
Cocoa bean production in Sierra Leone was 93,750 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 676.1% from 2023. That is the 9th highest of 57 countries in 2024.
Cocoa bean production in Sierra Leone, 1961 to 2024
All 64 values
| Period | tonnes |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 93,750 |
| 2023 | 12,080 |
| 2022 | 18,000 |
| 2021 | 15,000 |
| 2020 | 65,000 Estimated |
| 2019 | 14,648 |
| 2018 | 50,150 |
| 2017 | 48,903 |
| 2016 | 47,705 |
| 2015 | 12,000 |
| 2014 | 17,082 Estimated |
| 2013 | 14,850 |
| 2012 | 18,000 |
| 2011 | 18,000 |
| 2010 | 19,700 |
| 2009 | 10,000 |
| 2008 | 10,500 |
| 2007 | 14,000 Estimated |
| 2006 | 13,940 |
| 2005 | 15,000 Estimated |
| 2004 | 13,500 Estimated |
| 2003 | 12,000 Estimated |
| 2002 | 11,500 Estimated |
| 2001 | 11,000 Estimated |
| 2000 | 12,000 Estimated |
| 1999 | 10,920 |
| 1998 | 14,500 Estimated |
| 1997 | 13,000 |
| 1996 | 11,000 Estimated |
| 1995 | 10,000 Estimated |
| 1994 | 11,737 |
| 1993 | 5,400 |
| 1992 | 5,400 |
| 1991 | 24,000 |
| 1990 | 24,000 |
| 1989 | 24,200 |
| 1988 | 23,700 |
| 1987 | 23,500 |
| 1986 | 20,900 |
| 1985 | 18,600 |
| 1984 | 16,600 |
| 1983 | 12,500 |
| 1982 | 15,100 |
| 1981 | 9,026 |
| 1980 | 8,497 Estimated |
| 1979 | 9,111 Estimated |
| 1978 | 7,100 Estimated |
| 1977 | 5,454 Estimated |
| 1976 | 5,790 Estimated |
| 1975 | 6,340 Estimated |
| 1974 | 5,933 Estimated |
| 1973 | 7,931 Estimated |
| 1972 | 7,028 Estimated |
| 1971 | 4,770 Estimated |
| 1970 | 5,080 Estimated |
| 1969 | 3,782 Estimated |
| 1968 | 5,039 Estimated |
| 1967 | 3,869 Estimated |
| 1966 | 4,534 Estimated |
| 1965 | 2,980 Estimated |
| 1964 | 3,180 Estimated |
| 1963 | 3,310 Estimated |
| 1962 | 4,780 Estimated |
| 1961 | 2,840 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, Sierra Leone, 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
MLA 9
Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cocoa beans, production, t (item 661, element 5510), Cocoa bean production, Sierra Leone, 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/sierra-leone. 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, Sierra Leone, 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/sierra-leone.
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, Sierra Leone, 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/sierra-leone (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{food_cocoa_bean_production_sierra_2024,
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, Sierra Leone, 1961 to 2024}},
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/sierra-leone. 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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