Estimated world coffee production for the 2023-24 harvest totals 171,4 million 60kg bags

Total coffee production worldwide estimated for the 2023-2024 harvest reached the physical volume equivalent to 171,4 million 60kg bags. As part of this volume, the coffee harvest of the type of Coffea arabica (Arabica coffee) was calculated at 97,3 million bags, corresponding to 56,7%, and, additionally, that of Coffea canephora (robusta+conilon) 74,1 million bags, which represent 43,3% of the global total.

Based on these data, it is worth establishing a comparison of the total world production of the two species of coffee from this harvest in reference, specifically in the present case of this analysis and disclosure, only from the three largest coffee producing countries in the world, which are Brazil, the Vietnam and Colombia, whose respective harvests total the equivalent of 97,08 million 60kg bags, a physical volume that represents 57% of the predicted world harvest.

Thus, analyzing in detail the coffee production of these three countries, in the context of the world coffee production scenario, it can be seen that the total harvest of Brazilian Coffees was estimated at 58,08 million 60kg bags, which represent around 34% of global production. These numbers confirm that Brazil has been the absolute leader in world coffee production for several decades.

Complementing this analysis, it appears that in second place in this ranking, Vietnam stands out, whose production was estimated at 27,5 million bags, a volume that represents 16% of the world harvest. And, finally, Colombia comes in third place, with a forecast of harvesting 11,5 million bags of coffee, a harvest that represents around 6,7% of the total estimated for the 2023-2024 global harvest.

Before continuing with this evaluation of the performance of the three countries that produce the most coffee in the world, it is worth highlighting that the data on screen were obtained from the Coffee Executive Summary – April 2024, a study that is prepared and published monthly by the Department of Economic Analysis and Policies Public – DAEP, from the Agricultural Policy Secretariat – SPA, from the Ministry of Agriculture – Mapa.

This study, which is also published monthly in full by the Coffee Observatory, of the Coffee Research Consortium coordinated by Embrapa Café, covers several relevant topics in the coffee sector, such as: 'Green Coffee Supply and Demand', and, in this case, addresses the production of the world, detailing that of Vietnam and Colombia, and, additionally, in the Café Total (Arabica+Robusta) table, the Brazilian harvest. It also includes the tables 'Area, productivity and production comparisons', and, more than that, the 'Monthly evolution of Brazilian coffee exports and imports', 'Stocks', 'Minimum guarantee prices', in addition to other important data on interest of the coffee sector that deserve to be checked.

Expanding this comparative analysis of the production of these three countries in focus, in this specific case by coffee species, primarily from C. arabica, which was estimated at a global level at 97,3 million 60kg bags for the 2023-2024 harvest, it appears that Brazil's production will represent close to 42% of world production.

And, following this ranking, as Colombia's production was estimated at 11,5 million bags, this production performance will be equivalent to around 12% of the global harvest. Finally, as Vietnam will only produce 900 thousand bags of C. arabica, this performance will correspond to less than 1% of the global total.

Finally, complementing this comparative analysis of the production of the three highlighted countries, in this case with that of coffees of the species C. canephora, whose global harvest was estimated at 74,1 million 60kg bags, as Vietnam will produce 26,6 million bags, this harvest will correspond to 36% of the world's and considering that Brazil's harvest of this same species was estimated at 17,33 .24 million bags, it appears that Brazilian production will represent around XNUMX% of global production. Finally, given that Colombia does not produce this type of coffee, there is no way to establish the comparison in question.