Made Of #1 · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

🍫 Chocolate bar: where it comes from

A recap of this past daily geography game. For each part of a chocolate bar, these are the top producing countries in the official data the puzzle used.

🫘 Top cocoa beans producing countries

Cocoa beans, t · 2024 data

#1🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire36.2%
#2🇮🇩 Indonesia12.1%
#3🇬🇭 Ghana10.1%
#4🇪🇨 Ecuador7.7%
#5🇳🇬 Nigeria6.7%
#6🇨🇲 Cameroon6.1%
#7🇧🇷 Brazil5.7%
#8🇵🇪 Peru3%
#9🇸🇱 Sierra Leone1.8%
#10🇨🇴 Colombia1.3%
#11🇩🇴 Dominican Republic1.1%
#12🇺🇬 Uganda1.1%
#13🇨🇩 DR Congo1%
#14🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea0.9%
#15🇮🇳 India0.6%

Côte d'Ivoire alone grows 36% of the world's cocoa beans — more than the next two producers combined.

Source: FAOSTAT — Crops and livestock products (QCL) · share of world production. Some top-3 figures are FAO estimates.

🍬 Top sugar producing countries

Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only), t · 2023 data

#1🇧🇷 Brazil22.4%
#2🇮🇳 India19.7%
#3🇹🇭 Thailand5.5%
#4🇨🇳 China5.3%
#5🇺🇸 United States4.4%
#6🇵🇰 Pakistan3.6%
#7🇷🇺 Russia3.5%
#8🇲🇽 Mexico3%
#9🇩🇪 Germany2.4%
#10🇦🇺 Australia2.2%
#11🇫🇷 France2.2%
#12🇹🇷 Türkiye1.6%
#13🇪🇬 Egypt1.5%
#14🇵🇱 Poland1.5%
#15🇬🇹 Guatemala1.4%

Brazil makes 22% of the world's raw sugar, almost all of it from sugar cane.

Source: FAOSTAT — Crops and livestock products (QCL) · share of world production. Some top-3 figures are FAO estimates.

🥛 Top milk producing countries

Raw milk of cattle, t · 2024 data

#1🇮🇳 India17.1%
#2🇺🇸 United States13%
#3🇨🇳 China5.2%
#4🇧🇷 Brazil4.7%
#5🇩🇪 Germany4.3%
#6🇷🇺 Russia4.2%
#7🇵🇰 Pakistan3.1%
#8🇫🇷 France3.1%
#9🇳🇿 New Zealand2.7%
#10🇹🇷 Türkiye2.7%
#11🇵🇱 Poland2%
#12🇬🇧 United Kingdom2%
#13🇳🇱 Netherlands1.8%
#14🇲🇽 Mexico1.8%
#15🇧🇩 Bangladesh1.7%

India produces more cow's milk than any other country (17% of the world) — and even more if you count buffalo milk.

Source: FAOSTAT — Crops and livestock products (QCL) · share of world production. Some top-3 figures are FAO estimates.

🌼 Top vanilla producing countries

Vanilla, raw, t · 2024 data

#1🇲🇬 Madagascar43.4%
#2🇮🇩 Indonesia21.4%
#3🇲🇽 Mexico7.2%
#4🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea6.9%
#5🇨🇳 China6.1%
#6🇹🇷 Türkiye5.7%
#7🇰🇲 Comoros2.9%
#8🇹🇴 Tonga2.7%
#9🇺🇬 Uganda2.6%
#10🇵🇫 French Polynesia0.3%
#11🇲🇼 Malawi0.3%
#12🇰🇪 Kenya0.2%
#13🇿🇼 Zimbabwe0.1%
#14🇻🇺 Vanuatu0%
#15🇨🇰 Cook Islands0%

Vanilla is the fruit of an orchid. Madagascar grows 43% of the world's supply, largely hand-pollinated.

Source: FAOSTAT — Crops and livestock products (QCL) · share of world production. Some top-3 figures are FAO estimates.

🌴 Top palm oil producing countries

Palm oil, t · 2023 data

#1🇮🇩 Indonesia59.2%
#2🇲🇾 Malaysia23.3%
#3🇹🇭 Thailand4.2%
#4🇨🇴 Colombia2.3%
#5🇳🇬 Nigeria1.8%
#6🇬🇹 Guatemala1.2%
#7🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea1%
#8🇭🇳 Honduras0.8%
#9🇧🇷 Brazil0.8%
#10🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire0.7%
#11🇪🇨 Ecuador0.6%
#12🇲🇽 Mexico0.5%
#13🇨🇲 Cameroon0.4%
#14🇨🇩 DR Congo0.4%
#14🇬🇭 Ghana0.4%
#14🇵🇪 Peru0.4%

Indonesia and Malaysia together produce 83% of the world's palm oil.

Source: FAOSTAT — Crops and livestock products (QCL) · share of world production. Some top-3 figures are FAO estimates.

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