Which Countries Produce the Most Coffee?
Brazil leads with roughly one-third of global production, followed by Vietnam (mainly Robusta), Colombia, Indonesia, and Ethiopia.
Why that is
Global coffee production in the 2025/26 harvest year stood at around 175 million bags (60 kg each). Brazil alone produces roughly 55–60 million bags — more than Vietnam and Colombia combined. Brazil's dominance has historical roots: the country invested massively in coffee cultivation from the 19th century onward and has vast, flat growing areas that allow machine harvesting.
Vietnam is the second-largest producer, though almost exclusively Robusta. Coffee farming there was intensified only in the 1990s and grew rapidly. Vietnamese Robusta largely ends up in instant coffee and industrial blends.
Colombia is synonymous with high-quality Arabica. Coffee there is predominantly grown at high altitudes, hand-picked, and washed. The Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC) created one of the world's most recognised coffee brands with "Juan Valdez."
Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi) produces both Arabica and Robusta and is known for earthy, full-bodied profiles. Ethiopia, as coffee's country of origin, has the greatest genetic diversity and delivers some of the most aromatically interesting coffees in the world — particularly sought after in the specialty scene.
Emerging countries like Honduras, Uganda, and Peru are gaining importance. Honduras is now Central America's largest coffee producer, Uganda the second-largest in Africa after Ethiopia.
In practice at Green Wall Coffee
For the coffees at our café on Sophienstraße 27 in Berlin-Lichtenberg, what counts is not how much a country produces but how the individual coffee tastes. Kenya, for example, supplies only a small share of world production, but coffees with distinctive fruit acidity. Volume and quality are two different rankings in coffee.
Feel free to drop by for a coffee — Green Wall Coffee, Sophienstraße 27 in Berlin-Lichtenberg, Mon–Fri 8am–5pm and Sat 10am–5pm.
Further reading
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