The bar chart details the growth of coffee production (the volume of coffee produced) in four different nations over the 20-year course between 1990 and 2010.
Overall, it is clear that Columbia aside, coffee production in all other countries enjoyed upswings, with Brazil recording the fastest growth. In addition, Brazil was always the number one coffee-producing country, and the discrepancy between this and the other countries became increasingly wider over the given period.
In 1990, 0.7 million tonnes of coffee was produced in Brazil, ranking first in four surveyed countries. This figure thereafter experienced a dramatic increase to 1 million tonnes in 1995 followed by a steeper growth of 0.5 million tonnes, and eventually finishing off at 1.9 million tonnes in 2010.
Regarding the amount of coffee yield in Indonesia and Vietnam, albeit standing at much lower positions with 0.2 and 0.1 million tonnes in turn, their figures followed suit. After remaining at a plateau in the first five years, they climbed moderately at the end of the period with 0.4 million tonnes for the former and nearly 0.3 million tonnes for the latter.
Columbia was the only country witnessed a downturn in its volume of coffee produced, although ranked second with 0.6 million tonnes in 1990. It gradually dropped over the years until reaching its lowest of 0.3 million tonnes in 2010.