Sri Lanka vs Viet Nam: Tea leaves — Area harvested
Tea leaves — Area harvested over time
- Sri Lanka
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 268,829 ha against 113,037 ha in Viet Nam, a difference of 155,792 ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 2.4 times Viet Nam's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.
Sri Lanka ranks 4th and Viet Nam ranks 3rd of 45 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sri Lanka | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 240,179 ha | 22,978 ha | 217,201 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 242,128 ha | 32,908 ha | 209,220 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 232,162 ha | 40,675 ha | 191,487 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 200,126 ha | 55,368 ha | 144,758 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 209,400 ha | 92,780 ha | 116,620 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 222,925 ha | 115,664 ha | 107,261 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 267,542 ha | 111,646 ha | 155,895 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tea leaves — area harvested, Sri Lanka or Viet Nam?
- Sri Lanka, at 268,829 ha against 113,037 ha in Viet Nam as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tea leaves — area harvested between Sri Lanka and Viet Nam?
- 155,792 ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Viet Nam?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Sri Lanka and Viet Nam rank globally for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 4th and Viet Nam 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.