Eastern Africa vs Sri Lanka: Tea leaves — Area harvested
Tea leaves — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 374,896 ha against 268,829 ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 106,067 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1.4 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Eastern Africa ranks 7th and Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 20 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eastern Africa averaged higher in 3 and Sri Lanka in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73,034 ha | 240,179 ha | 167,145 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 134,532 ha | 242,128 ha | 107,597 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 155,530 ha | 232,162 ha | 76,632 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 191,805 ha | 200,126 ha | 8,321 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 238,167 ha | 209,400 ha | 28,767 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 340,613 ha | 222,925 ha | 117,688 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 376,077 ha | 267,542 ha | 108,535 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tea leaves — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Sri Lanka?
- Eastern Africa, at 374,896 ha against 268,829 ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tea leaves — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Sri Lanka?
- 106,067 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Sri Lanka rank globally for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 7th 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.