Highlights From 2024's Global Coffee Production – CoffeeTalk

The top 10 largest producers of unroasted (green) coffee beans and their share of global coffee production in 2024, based on data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Most of the world’s coffee comes from the “coffee belt,” a horizontal geographical region that stretches along the equator between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer. From this region, the top 10 coffee producers control nearly 90% of the annual global coffee supply.

Brazil is the world’s largest coffee producer, making up 38% of global supply. Together, Brazil and Vietnam produce more than half of the world’s coffee annually and are also the largest exporters of coffee. However, the two countries produce different varieties of coffee, with Brazil primarily producing arabica coffee, while Vietnam specializes in the more heat-tolerant robusta variety. Colombia, the third-largest producer, is one of the few countries in the world that grows only arabica coffee due to favorable climatic conditions.

Coffee drinkers are likely to face higher prices for their daily cup of joe in 2025, largely due to supply issues in South America. The lingering El Niño phenomenon left Brazil in a state of prolonged drought spanning most of 2024, leading to warmer-than-normal temperatures and a three-year low in Brazil’s 2025/26 coffee crop. Arabica coffee prices have more than doubled since the start of 2024 and are sitting near all-time highs beyond $4 per pound. However, the World Bank forecasts that prices will cool off and stabilize through the 2025-2026 period as production picks up.

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