Africa vs India: Tea leaves — Area harvested
Tea leaves — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 613,416 ha against 412,058 ha in Africa, a difference of 201,358 ha.
That makes India's figure about 1.5 times Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 6th and India ranks 3rd of 20 groups.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,708 ha | 343,446 ha | 259,738 ha | India |
| 1970s | 149,189 ha | 365,219 ha | 216,030 ha | India |
| 1980s | 172,597 ha | 400,745 ha | 228,148 ha | India |
| 1990s | 206,354 ha | 434,800 ha | 228,446 ha | India |
| 2000s | 248,120 ha | 534,109 ha | 285,989 ha | India |
| 2010s | 359,862 ha | 597,694 ha | 237,832 ha | India |
| 2020s | 410,141 ha | 610,854 ha | 200,714 ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tea leaves — area harvested, Africa or India?
- India, at 613,416 ha against 412,058 ha in Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tea leaves — area harvested between Africa and India?
- 201,358 ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and India?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and India rank globally for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 6th and India ranks 3rd of 20 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tea leaves — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.