Eastern Asia vs Sri Lanka: Tea leaves — Area harvested
Tea leaves — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Asia
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Eastern Asia currently reports 3.68 million ha against 268,829 ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 3.42 million ha.
That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 13.7 times Sri Lanka's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
Eastern Asia ranks 2nd and Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 20 groups.
Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 438,371 ha | 240,179 ha | 198,192 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 899,657 ha | 242,128 ha | 657,528 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 1.03 million ha | 232,162 ha | 797,687 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 938,610 ha | 200,126 ha | 738,484 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 1.12 million ha | 209,400 ha | 910,074 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 2.28 million ha | 222,925 ha | 2.05 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 3.33 million ha | 267,542 ha | 3.06 million ha | Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tea leaves — area harvested, Eastern Asia or Sri Lanka?
- Eastern Asia, at 3.68 million ha against 268,829 ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tea leaves — area harvested between Eastern Asia and Sri Lanka?
- 3.42 million ha, with Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Asia and Sri Lanka rank globally for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 2nd 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.