Green coffee production

Brazil still leads, but Vietnam changed the race.

Among the three countries selected in the Our World in Data view, Vietnam rose from 4,100 tonnes in 1961 to 2.0 million tonnes in 2024, passing Colombia in 1999 and becoming the clear second producer.

In 2024, Brazil produced 3.4 million tonnes of green coffee, Vietnam produced 2.0 million tonnes, and Colombia produced 0.8 million tonnes. Vietnam first exceeded Colombia in 1999.

492x Vietnam's green coffee production grew from 4,100 tonnes in 1961 to 2.0 million tonnes in 2024.

3.4M tonnes Brazil remained the largest producer in the selected trio in 2024.

1999 Vietnam first moved ahead of Colombia, 553,200 tonnes to 546,720 tonnes.

Metric is annual production of green coffee beans, in tonnes. Source: Our World in Data, Coffee bean production, based on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025), with major processing by OWID. Local snapshot: source-data.csv.