Who Produces The Most Coffee?

By Mike Chronos

Despite economic shifts, one thing is certain: People love coffee. Experts say that world coffee production continues to grow by 0.5 percent yearly with an estimated global output of seven million tons or 117 million bags this year.

Have you ever wondered with most of our coffee comes from? Many coffee producing nations are found near the equator along the continents of Africa, Asia and North and South America. Nearly 50 countries worldwide export beans of coffee as their primary source of income. Coffee types usually include Robusta or Arabica.

Arabica, which has a light, sweet taste, makes up nearly sixty percent of the worlds produced coffee. The primary Arabica producing nations include Brazil (who accounts for one third of the entire worlds Arabica supply), Columbia (making up nearly 10 percent), followed by Ethiopia (where Arabica was first found), Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, Peru, India and El Salvador.

Coffee production is expected to increase to 273,000 tons (five million bags) in Mexico. Guatemala is expected to experience a growth rate of approximately 1.7 percent and will translate to nearly 348,000 tons this year alone. El Salvador should experience a 3.9 percent increase to nearly 165,000 tons. And Costa Rica will increase their output by an outstanding 4.2 percent or 194,000 tons.

Asia will have increases of 2.1 percent for this years coffee production and will reach 1.7 million tons. This will mostly come from Indonesia, where the most coffee is produced in the region and has an average annual increase of nearly 1.7 percent or 654,000 tons of coffee. All of India's coffee output is expected to increase at a rate of approximately 3.1 percent this year to reach a total of 409,000 tons. Its obvious why experts agree that coffee production will continue to thrive even despite troubling economic conditions.

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