Africa vs Sri Lanka: Tea leaves — Area harvested
Tea leaves — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Africa currently reports 412,058 ha against 268,829 ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 143,229 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 1.5 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Africa ranks 6th and Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 20 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 4 and Sri Lanka in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,708 ha | 240,179 ha | 156,471 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 149,189 ha | 242,128 ha | 92,939 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 172,597 ha | 232,162 ha | 59,564 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 206,354 ha | 200,126 ha | 6,228 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 248,120 ha | 209,400 ha | 38,720 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 359,862 ha | 222,925 ha | 136,937 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 410,141 ha | 267,542 ha | 142,599 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tea leaves — area harvested, Africa or Sri Lanka?
- Africa, at 412,058 ha against 268,829 ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tea leaves — area harvested between Africa and Sri Lanka?
- 143,229 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Sri Lanka rank globally for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 6th and Sri Lanka ranks 4th 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.