Thursday, January 27, 2011

Chocolate Consumption Statistics

UPDATE: You can read more recent information based on the 2012 report here.

The most recent reliable data I found on chocolate consumption were from the ICCO (International Cocoa Organization), CAOBISCO (European Union Association of the Chocolate, Biscuit and Confectionery Industries) and the ICA (International Confectionery Association).

A 2010 report on The World Cocoa Economy was particularly interesting, and has a lot of great information on the volatility of cocoa supply and demand.

Here's a summary of the 2008 annual per-capita consumption of chocolate in several nations around the world, in terms of kilograms per year, pounds per year, and 100 gram chocolate bars per year. Of course, this data includes chocolate consumption in any form; I'm just using 100 gram bars per year as an interesting equivalent.

countrykg/yearlb/yearequivalent
100g bars/year
Germany11.425.1114
Switzerland10.823.7108
United Kingdom10.322.7103
Norway9.821.698
Denmark8.618.986
Austria7.917.479
Estonia7.917.379
France7.416.374
Finland7.015.470
Belgium6.815.068
Sweden6.614.566
Lithuania6.113.461
Australia6.013.160
United States5.111.251
Poland4.510.045
Greece4.59.945
Portugal4.59.845
Hungary3.57.735
Spain3.37.333
Italy3.37.233
Brazil2.55.525
Bulgaria2.24.922
Japan2.24.722

4 comments:

  1. Hey Richard,

    I'm looking for this information for some coursework, is there a link to a reference I could use?

    Thank you,

    Sam

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    1. Hi Sam,

      Yes, you can click on the link "2010 report on The World Cocoa Economy" above to open a .pdf of the full report.

      The direct URL is http://www.icco.org/Attachment.aspx?Id=moq70511.

      Additional information can be found on ICCO's website.

      Enjoy,
      Richard

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  2. this an interesting site but it could use more information

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  3. Here some interesting statistics about cocoa-bean production also

    http://www.ironrye.blogspot.com/2010/12/cacao-theobroma-cacao.html

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