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In many cities around the world, there’s a café on every corner, so it comes as no surprise that coffee is one of the globes’ top commodities. As the third most consumed beverage globally, after water and tea, coffee beans are in high demand almost everywhere…so where does the journey of each cup of joe originate? Let’s get to know the world’s top coffee producing countries.
This post by Lorimer Wilson, Managing Editor of munKNEE.com is an edited ([ ]) and abridged (…) version of an article by VisualCapitalist for the sake of clarity and length to ensure a fast and easy read.
More than 70 countries produce coffee, but the majority of global output comes from just the top five producers: Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia, Indonesia, and Ethiopia. At the end of 2020, the top 10 biggest coffee-producing nations held 87% of the commodity’s market share and below is a list of them:
| Rank | Country | Production in 2020 (Million 60-kg Bags) |
Total Market Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brazil |
63.4 | 37.4% |
| 2 |  Vietnam |
29.0 | 17.1% |
| 3 |  Colombia |
14.3 | 8.4% |
| 4 |  Indonesia |
12.0 | 7.1% |
| 5 |  Ethiopia |
7.3 | 4.3% |
| 6 |  Honduras |
6.1 | 3.6% |
| 7 |  India |
5.7 | 3.4% |
| 8 |  Uganda |
5.6 | 3.3% |
| 9 |  Mexico |
4.0 | 2.4% |
| 10 |  Peru |
3.8 | 2.2% |
The next 10 biggest coffee-producing nations are:
| Rank | Country | Production in 2020 (Million 60-kg Bags) |
Total Market Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 |  Guatemala |
3.7 | 2.2% |
| 12 |  Nicaragua |
2.7 | 1.6% |
| 13 |  Côte d’Ivoire |
1.8 | 1.1% |
| 14 |  Costa Rica |
1.5 | 0.9% |
| 15 |  Tanzania |
0.9 | 0.5% |
| 16 |  Kenya |
0.7 | 0.4% |
| 17 |  Papua New Guinea |
0.7 | 0.4% |
| 18 |  Laos |
0.6 | 0.4% |
| 19 |  El Salvador |
0.6 | 0.4% |
| 20 |  Thailand |
0.6 | 0.4% |
All of these top producing countries are found in the so-called “Bean Belt”, which is located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
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