China (People’s Republic of) vs India: Tea leaves — Area harvested
Tea leaves — Area harvested over time
- China (People’s Republic of)
- India
How they compare
China (People’s Republic of) currently reports 3.65 million ha against 613,416 ha in India, a difference of 3.03 million ha.
That makes China (People’s Republic of)'s figure about 5.9 times India's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China (People’s Republic of) has been ahead every year.
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 1st and India ranks 3rd of 45 countries.
China (People’s Republic of) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China (People’s Republic of) | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 389,352 ha | 343,446 ha | 45,905 ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1970s | 841,799 ha | 365,219 ha | 476,580 ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1980s | 969,048 ha | 400,745 ha | 568,303 ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1990s | 883,528 ha | 434,800 ha | 448,728 ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2000s | 1.07 million ha | 534,109 ha | 535,264 ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2010s | 2.23 million ha | 597,694 ha | 1.63 million ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2020s | 3.29 million ha | 610,854 ha | 2.68 million ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tea leaves — area harvested, China (People’s Republic of) or India?
- China (People’s Republic of), at 3.65 million ha against 613,416 ha in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tea leaves — area harvested between China (People’s Republic of) and India?
- 3.03 million ha, with China (People’s Republic of) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and India?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China (People’s Republic of) and India rank globally for tea leaves — area harvested?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 1st and India ranks 3rd of 45 countries.
- 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.