Rwanda vs Sri Lanka: Tea leaves — Yield
Tea leaves — Yield over time
- Rwanda
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 5,632 kg/ha against 4,582 kg/ha in Rwanda, a difference of 1,050 kg/ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.2 times Rwanda's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Rwanda ranks 27th and Sri Lanka ranks 24th of 51 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 2 and Sri Lanka in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Rwanda | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 594.5 kg/ha | 912.39 kg/ha | 317.89 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 992.53 kg/ha | 859.24 kg/ha | 133.29 kg/ha | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 889.57 kg/ha | 885.99 kg/ha | 3.58 kg/ha | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 4,500 kg/ha | 5,074 kg/ha | 574.44 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 6,085 kg/ha | 6,378 kg/ha | 293.41 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 6,522 kg/ha | 7,596 kg/ha | 1,074 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 5,187 kg/ha | 5,764 kg/ha | 576.86 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tea leaves — yield, Rwanda or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 5,632 kg/ha against 4,582 kg/ha in Rwanda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tea leaves — yield between Rwanda and Sri Lanka?
- 1,050 kg/ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Rwanda and Sri Lanka rank globally for tea leaves — yield?
- Rwanda ranks 27th and Sri Lanka ranks 24th of 51 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tea leaves — Yield. 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.