List of countries by coffee production Facts for Kids

This article lists countries that grow and produce a lot of coffee beans. To grow coffee, countries need the right climate and ways to process and ship the beans. Many of these countries sell their coffee to big coffee companies and shops around the world.

These large coffee companies help support the economies of developing countries. They sometimes pay a bit extra for coffee beans. This helps make sure farmers are paid fairly and that coffee is grown in a way that is good for the environment (called sustainable farming). Countries that produce a lot of coffee have a big impact on the global coffee market.

Main coffee exporters

A world map showing which countries produce coffee, 2019

Coffee cultivation by type of coffee:
r Coffea canephora m Coffea canephora and Coffea arabica a Coffea arabica

Here are the top countries that export coffee beans, based on information from 2019:

Rank	Country	60 kilogram bags	Metric tons	Pounds
1	Brazil	44,200,000	2,652,000	5,714,381,000
2	Vietnam	27,500,000	1,650,000	3,637,627,000
3	Colombia	13,500,000	810,000	1,785,744,000
4	Indonesia	11,000,000	660,000	1,455,050,000
5	Honduras	9,600,000	580,000	1,278,681,000
6	Ethiopia	6,400,000	384,000	846,575,000
7	India	5,800,000	348,000	767,208,000
8	Uganda	4,800,000	288,000	634,931,000
9	Mexico	3,900,000	234,000	515,881,000
10	Guatemala	3,400,000	204,000	449,743,000
11	Peru	3,200,000	192,000	423,287,000
12	Nicaragua	2,200,000	132,000	291,010,000
13	China^{(2013–14 est.)}	1,947,000	116,820	257,544,000
14	Ivory Coast	1,800,000	108,000	238,099,000
15	Costa Rica	1,492,000	89,520	197,357,000
16	Kenya	833,000	49,980	110,187,000
17	Papua New Guinea	800,000	48,000	105,821,000
18	Tanzania	800,000	48,000	105,821,000
19	El Salvador	762,000	45,720	100,795,000
20	Ecuador	700,000	42,000	92,594,000
21	Cameroon	570,000	34,200	75,398,000
22	Laos	520,000	31,200	68,784,000
23	Madagascar	520,000	31,200	68,784,000
24	Gabon	500,000	30,000	66,138,000
25	Thailand	500,000	30,000	66,138,000
26	Venezuela	500,000	30,000	66,138,000
27	Dominican Republic	400,000	24,000	52,910,000
28	Haiti	350,000	21,000	46,297,000
29	Democratic Republic of the Congo	335,000	20,100	44,312,000
30	Rwanda	250,000	15,000	33,069,000
31	Burundi	200,000	12,000	26,455,000
32	Philippines	200,000	12,000	26,455,000
33	Togo	200,000	12,000	26,455,000
34	Guinea	160,000	9,600	21,164,000
35	Yemen	120,000	7,200	15,873,000
36	Cuba	100,000	6,000	13,227,000
37	Panama	100,000	6,000	13,227,000
38	Bolivia	90,000	5,400	11,904,000
39	Timor Leste	80,000	4,800	10,582,000
40	Central African Republic	65,000	3,900	8,598,000
41	Nigeria	40,000	2,400	5,291,000
42	Ghana	37,000	2,220	4,894,000
43	Sierra Leone	36,000	2,160	4,761,000
44	Angola	35,000	2,100	4,629,000
45	Jamaica	21,000	1,260	2,777,000
46	Paraguay	20,000	1,200	2,645,000
47	Malawi	16,000	960	2,116,000
48	Trinidad and Tobago	12,000	720	1,587,000
49	Zimbabwe	10,000	600	1,322,000
50	Liberia	6,000	360	793,000
51	Zambia	2,000	120	264,000
52	United States		11,408	25,150,000

List of countries by coffee production facts for kids

Main coffee exporters

See also