subject: Top Coffee Producing Countries Of The World [print this page] Despite the uncertainty created by today's economic climate, one thing remains the same: People will continue to love coffee. Experts all agree that coffee production in the world will continue to grow by approximately 0.5 percent annually. Large coffee production will amount to nearly seven million tons or 117 million bags this year.
Where does most of the coffee we drink come from? Many coffee-growing nations are found along the equator on the continents of North and South America, Africa, and Asia. Approximately 50 countries worldwide export coffee beans as their main source of income. Coffee usually comes from Arabica or Robusta coffee beans.
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.
In Mexico, coffee production is expected to rise to 273,000 tons (five million bags). In Guatemala, the estimated yearly growth rate of 1.7 percent will translate to 348,000 tons (six million bags) this year. A growth rate of 3.9 percent for El Salvador is likely to increase its production to 165,000 tons (or three million bags) this year. Costa Rica, on the other hand, is expected to increase their output by 4.2 percent or 194,000 tons (three million bags).
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.
