What is the difference in cocoa bean consumption per person between Malta and New Zealand?

0.05 kilograms per year per capita, with Malta ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and New Zealand?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

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.

Malta vs New Zealand: Cocoa bean consumption per person

Malta

3.63 kilograms per year per capita

in 2023

New Zealand

3.58 kilograms per year per capita

in 2023

Malta rank

12th

New Zealand rank

13th

Cocoa bean consumption per person over time

Malta
New Zealand

How they compare

Malta currently reports 3.63 kilograms per year per capita against 3.58 kilograms per year per capita in New Zealand, a difference of 0.05 kilograms per year per capita.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malta ahead.

Malta ranks 12th and New Zealand ranks 13th of 192 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 6 and New Zealand in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malta	New Zealand	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.23 kilograms per year per capita	0.6032 kilograms per year per capita	0.6222 kilograms per year per capita	Malta
1970s	1.13 kilograms per year per capita	0.5065 kilograms per year per capita	0.6227 kilograms per year per capita	Malta
1980s	0.7581 kilograms per year per capita	0.4228 kilograms per year per capita	0.3353 kilograms per year per capita	Malta
1990s	2.44 kilograms per year per capita	0.0747 kilograms per year per capita	2.36 kilograms per year per capita	Malta
2000s	3.11 kilograms per year per capita	0.0531 kilograms per year per capita	3.06 kilograms per year per capita	Malta
2010s	2.87 kilograms per year per capita	1.51 kilograms per year per capita	1.37 kilograms per year per capita	Malta
2020s	3.3 kilograms per year per capita	3.71 kilograms per year per capita	0.4 kilograms per year per capita	New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cocoa bean consumption per person, Malta or New Zealand?: Malta, at 3.63 kilograms per year per capita against 3.58 kilograms per year per capita in New Zealand as of 2023.
What is the difference in cocoa bean consumption per person between Malta and New Zealand?: 0.05 kilograms per year per capita, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and New Zealand?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Malta and New Zealand rank globally for cocoa bean consumption per person?: Malta ranks 12th and New Zealand ranks 13th 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: 28 August 2026

Quantity that is available for consumption at the end of the supply chain. It does not account for consumer waste, so the quantity that is actually consumed may be lower.