Tea (including mate) — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) by country
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...
What the numbers show
Tea (including mate) — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 51.69 kg/cap in Sri Lanka; the lowest is 0 kg/cap in Jamaica.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.41 kg/cap, and the mean is 1.81 kg/cap.
Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 3,662.5%), and the largest decrease in Djibouti (down 97.7%).
Tea (including mate) — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 51.69 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 2 | Kenya | 34.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2,315.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Argentina | 27.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 374.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Paraguay | 22.35 kg/cap | 2023 | up 70.9% | rising |
| 5 | China, mainland | 10.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 78.3% | rising |
| 6 | China (People’s Republic of) | 10.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 78.1% | rising |
| 7 | Rwanda | 10.45 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Malawi | 9.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3,662.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Uruguay | 8.84 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 10 | Uganda | 6 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Mauritius | 5.19 kg/cap | 2023 | up 371.8% | volatile |
| 12 | India | 4.01 kg/cap | 2023 | up 464.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Nepal | 3.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,109.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Myanmar | 3.32 kg/cap | 2023 | up 81.4% | rising |
| 15 | Brazil | 3.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 16 | Mauritania | 3.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 3.25 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 18 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 3.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 124.5% | rising |
| 19 | Papua New Guinea | 2.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 866.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Libya | 2.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.1% | flat |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 2.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 478.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Indonesia | 2.1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 517.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Iraq | 2.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 109.1% | rising |
| 24 | Barbados | 1.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 113.5% | rising |
| 25 | Maldives | 1.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 112.4% | rising |
| 26 | Morocco | 1.62 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 27 | Kazakhstan | 1.58 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 28 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.47 kg/cap | 2023 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 29 | Ireland | 1.46 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 30 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.43 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 31 | Azerbaijan | 1.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 631.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Malaysia | 1.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 32 | China, Macao SAR | 1.28 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 34 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 35 | Qatar | 1.24 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 36 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 37 | Thailand | 1.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.7% | flat |
| 38 | Malta | 1.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 39 | Chile | 1.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 1.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 41 | Bahrain | 0.96 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 42 | Pakistan | 0.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 0.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 44 | Kuwait | 0.92 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Denmark | 0.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 87.5% | rising |
| 46 | Seychelles | 0.88 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 47 | Vanuatu | 0.87 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,350.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Oman | 0.84 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 49 | Tuvalu | 0.83 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Cameroon | 0.81 kg/cap | 2023 | up 55.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Georgia | 0.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Egypt | 0.76 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 52 | Gambia | 0.76 kg/cap | 2023 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 54 | Botswana | 0.7 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 55 | Russian Federation | 0.69 kg/cap | 2023 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 56 | Fiji | 0.63 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 56 | Lebanon | 0.63 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 56 | Sierra Leone | 0.63 kg/cap | 2023 | up 950.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Albania | 0.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 785.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Bahamas | 0.62 kg/cap | 2023 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Eswatini | 0.6 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 62 | Iceland | 0.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 62 | Marshall Islands | 0.56 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Ecuador | 0.55 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,000.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Grenada | 0.55 kg/cap | 2023 | up 685.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Senegal | 0.55 kg/cap | 2023 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 67 | Mongolia | 0.51 kg/cap | 2023 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 68 | Tunisia | 0.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 68 | Yemen | 0.5 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Suriname | 0.49 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 71 | United Arab Emirates | 0.48 kg/cap | 2023 | down 63.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Namibia | 0.48 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 71 | Solomon Islands | 0.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 242.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Tajikistan | 0.48 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 75 | Algeria | 0.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.3% | flat |
| 75 | Portugal | 0.46 kg/cap | 2023 | up 228.6% | rising |
| 75 | Turkmenistan | 0.46 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 78 | New Zealand | 0.45 kg/cap | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 79 | Belarus | 0.44 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 80 | Samoa | 0.43 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 81 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.42 kg/cap | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 82 | Australia | 0.41 kg/cap | 2023 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 82 | Bhutan | 0.41 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 82 | Cyprus | 0.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 82 | Jordan | 0.41 kg/cap | 2023 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 86 | Afghanistan | 0.4 kg/cap | 2023 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Sweden | 0.4 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 88 | Guyana | 0.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 89 | Canada | 0.38 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 90 | Switzerland | 0.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 90 | New Caledonia | 0.37 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 92 | Austria | 0.36 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 92 | Guinea | 0.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 92 | Poland | 0.36 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 95 | Belize | 0.34 kg/cap | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 96 | Germany | 0.32 kg/cap | 2023 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 96 | Luxembourg | 0.32 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 96 | Ukraine | 0.32 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 99 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.31 kg/cap | 2023 | up 244.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Burkina Faso | 0.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 100 | Niger | 0.28 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 102 | South Africa | 0.27 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 103 | Czechia | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 103 | Ethiopia | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Greece | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Kiribati | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Latvia | 0.26 kg/cap | 2023 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 108 | Armenia | 0.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 108 | Norway | 0.25 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 110 | Belgium | 0.24 kg/cap | 2023 | down 45.5% | rising |
| 111 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 112 | Lesotho | 0.22 kg/cap | 2023 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Estonia | 0.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 113 | France | 0.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 113 | Saint Lucia | 0.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Lithuania | 0.21 kg/cap | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 113 | Nauru | 0.21 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 118 | Montenegro | 0.2 kg/cap | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 119 | Finland | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 0.18 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 121 | Spain | 0.16 kg/cap | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 122 | Gabon | 0.15 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 122 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.15 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 124 | Israel | 0.14 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 125 | Bulgaria | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 125 | Cambodia | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1,200.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Mozambique | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | down 86.3% | falling |
| 125 | El Salvador | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.2% | flat |
| 125 | Slovak Republic | 0.13 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Congo | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | flat |
| 130 | Croatia | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 130 | Italy | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 130 | Panama | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 130 | Slovenia | 0.12 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 135 | Costa Rica | 0.11 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 136 | Liberia | 0.1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 42.9% | falling |
| 137 | Zambia | 0.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 138 | French Polynesia | 0.08 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 139 | Hungary | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 139 | Peru | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 139 | Republic of Korea | 0.07 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Philippines | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 142 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 94.4% | falling |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Guatemala | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 144 | Nicaragua | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 144 | Romania | 0.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 148 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 148 | Ghana | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Tonga | 0.04 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 151 | Djibouti | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Dominican Republic | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Nigeria | 0.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 154 | Colombia | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 154 | Honduras | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 154 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.02 kg/cap | 2023 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Angola | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 157 | Cuba | 0.01 kg/cap | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Madagascar | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Mexico | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 157 | Serbia | 0.01 kg/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 162 | Comoros | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Haiti | 0 kg/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Jamaica | 0 kg/cap | 2022 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Türkiye 19.98 kg/cap
- Eastern Asia 9.51 kg/cap
- Western Asia 6.59 kg/cap
- Eastern Africa 5.8 kg/cap
- South America 4.99 kg/cap
- Southern Asia 3.84 kg/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2.96 kg/cap
- South-Eastern Asia 2.88 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2.86 kg/cap
- Americas 2.27 kg/cap
- Africa 2.14 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2.06 kg/cap
About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.