8 Countries that Produce the Most Cocoa Beans in the World

3. Indonesia

Production: 775,500 tonnes

The island of Sulawesi is the main producing region in Indonesia that is responsible for the 75% of its total cocoa production. What is interesting is that around 90% of its cocoa-production is actually produced by smallholders. This is not that good because, in the lack of finances, those smallholder farmers can’t deal with the usual agricultural problems like pests, diseases and ageing trees to name a few, and hence they easily switch to other industries such as the palm oil production.