China vs Sri Lanka: Tea leaves — Area harvested
Tea leaves — Area harvested over time
- China
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
China currently reports 3.65 million ha against 268,829 ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 3.38 million ha.
That makes China's figure about 13.6 times Sri Lanka's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 1st and Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 45 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 389,352 ha | 240,179 ha | 149,173 ha | China |
| 1970s | 841,799 ha | 242,128 ha | 599,671 ha | China |
| 1980s | 969,048 ha | 232,162 ha | 736,887 ha | China |
| 1990s | 883,528 ha | 200,126 ha | 683,402 ha | China |
| 2000s | 1.07 million ha | 209,400 ha | 859,974 ha | China |
| 2010s | 2.23 million ha | 222,925 ha | 2.01 million ha | China |
| 2020s | 3.29 million ha | 267,542 ha | 3.02 million ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tea leaves — area harvested, China or Sri Lanka?
- China, at 3.65 million ha against 268,829 ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tea leaves — area harvested between China and Sri Lanka?
- 3.38 million ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Sri Lanka rank globally for tea leaves — area harvested?
- China ranks 1st and Sri Lanka ranks 4th 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.