What is the cocoa price today?

Cocoa is $5.95 $/kg on the world market, the monthly average for Aug 2026.

Is this the price Ghanaian farmers get?

No. Farmers are paid the producer price set by Cocobod at the start of each season, in cedis per bag. The world price shown here is what cocoa trades at on international markets and is one input to that decision.

Where does this price come from?

From the World Bank's Commodity Price Data, published monthly. API Ghana keeps the history in the commodity_prices dataset.

Cocoa price today

Cocoa

$5.95$/kg▲ 6.06%

as of Aug 2026

Last 30 days

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The figure is the world market price of cocoa beans in US dollars, the monthly average from the World Bank's Commodity Price Data. Ghana is the world's second largest producer. The price farmers are paid is the producer price set by Cocobod each season, which is different from this world price.

The World Bank publishes the monthly average early in the following month, so the figure shown is the latest complete month.

Questions people ask

What is the cocoa price today?: Cocoa is $5.95 $/kg on the world market, the monthly average for Aug 2026.
Is this the price Ghanaian farmers get?: No. Farmers are paid the producer price set by Cocobod at the start of each season, in cedis per bag. The world price shown here is what cocoa trades at on international markets and is one input to that decision.
Where does this price come from?: From the World Bank's Commodity Price Data, published monthly. API Ghana keeps the history in the commodity_prices dataset.