The world’s leading chocolate country: not Belgium but the Netherlands

Since 2025, the Netherlands has been the largest exporter of cocoa products. Last year, the country overtook Germany. Interestingly, Belgium—globally known for its chocolate—does not even rank in the top three.

Three times more cocoa revenue

The export value of Dutch cocoa products—including chocolate, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, and cocoa powder—rose from 4.2 billion euros to 12.4 billion euros between 2020 and 2025. That represents nearly a threefold increase in five years. According to Statistics Netherlands, this generates approximately 3 billion euros in export earnings for the Dutch economy.