Japan vs Western Asia: Tea leaves — Area harvested
Tea leaves — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Western Asia
How they compare
Western Asia currently reports 84,227 ha against 35,100 ha in Japan, a difference of 49,127 ha.
That makes Western Asia's figure about 2.4 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 11th and Western Asia ranks 10th of 45 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Western Asia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48,933 ha | 20,635 ha | 28,299 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 57,620 ha | 42,527 ha | 15,093 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 60,410 ha | 70,737 ha | 10,327 ha | Western Asia |
| 1990s | 54,310 ha | 119,891 ha | 65,581 ha | Western Asia |
| 2000s | 48,460 ha | 94,512 ha | 46,052 ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 44,070 ha | 80,045 ha | 35,975 ha | Western Asia |
| 2020s | 37,020 ha | 82,534 ha | 45,514 ha | Western Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tea leaves — area harvested, Japan or Western Asia?
- Western Asia, at 84,227 ha against 35,100 ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tea leaves — area harvested between Japan and Western Asia?
- 49,127 ha, with Western Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Western Asia rank globally for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 11th and Western Asia ranks 10th 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.