What is the difference in cocoa bean consumption per person between Botswana and USSR?

0.0416 kilograms per year per capita, with Botswana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and USSR?

31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Cocoa bean consumption per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Botswana vs USSR: Cocoa bean consumption per person

Botswana

0.33 kilograms per year per capita

in 2023

USSR

0.2884 kilograms per year per capita

in 1991

Botswana rank

134th

USSR rank

137th

Cocoa bean consumption per person over time

Botswana
USSR

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 0.33 kilograms per year per capita against 0.2884 kilograms per year per capita in USSR, a difference of 0.0416 kilograms per year per capita.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times USSR's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1961 it was USSR ahead.

Botswana ranks 134th and USSR ranks 137th of 192 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 1 and USSR in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Botswana	USSR	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0 kilograms per year per capita	0.2945 kilograms per year per capita	0.2945 kilograms per year per capita	USSR
1970s	0.078 kilograms per year per capita	0.5036 kilograms per year per capita	0.4256 kilograms per year per capita	USSR
1980s	0.1904 kilograms per year per capita	0.6227 kilograms per year per capita	0.4323 kilograms per year per capita	USSR
1990s	0.4881 kilograms per year per capita	0.3831 kilograms per year per capita	0.105 kilograms per year per capita	Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cocoa bean consumption per person, Botswana or USSR?: Botswana, at 0.33 kilograms per year per capita against 0.2884 kilograms per year per capita in USSR as of 2023.
What is the difference in cocoa bean consumption per person between Botswana and USSR?: 0.0416 kilograms per year per capita, with Botswana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and USSR?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do Botswana and USSR rank globally for cocoa bean consumption per person?: Botswana ranks 134th and USSR ranks 137th of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Cocoa bean consumption per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Cocoa bean consumption per person
Unit: kilograms per year per capita
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 192 places, 10,203 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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