Tea (including mate) — Production 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) — Production is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 16,013 1000 t in China; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Russia.
The median across all reporting countries is 51.5 1000 t, and the mean is 1,130 1000 t.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 1,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Mozambique (down 72.0%).
Tea (including mate) — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 16,013 1000 t | 2023 | up 83.7% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 16,000 1000 t | 2023 | up 83.9% | rising |
| 3 | India | 6,034 1000 t | 2023 | up 399.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Kenya | 2,578 1000 t | 2023 | up 496.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 1,434 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 6 | Türkiye | 1,357 1000 t | 2023 | up 540.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Turkey | 1,357 1000 t | 2023 | up 540.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Argentina | 1,351 1000 t | 2023 | up 319.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Viet Nam | 1,125 1000 t | 2023 | up 416.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Vietnam | 1,125 1000 t | 2023 | up 416.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Brazil | 739 1000 t | 2023 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 12 | Indonesia | 647 1000 t | 2023 | up 343.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 426 1000 t | 2023 | up 545.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Uganda | 390 1000 t | 2023 | up 539.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Malawi | 246 1000 t | 2023 | up 434.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Rwanda | 165 1000 t | 2023 | up 650.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Paraguay | 160 1000 t | 2023 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 18 | Nepal | 129 1000 t | 2023 | up 514.3% | volatile |
| 19 | United Republic of Tanzania | 120 1000 t | 2023 | up 252.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Myanmar | 118 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 21 | Thailand | 106 1000 t | 2023 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 22 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 82 1000 t | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 23 | Zimbabwe | 66 1000 t | 2023 | up 1,000.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 37 1000 t | 2023 | up 270.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Papua New Guinea | 32 1000 t | 2023 | up 433.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Melanesia | 32 1000 t | 2023 | up 433.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 183.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Laos | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 183.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Malaysia | 16 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 30 | China, Taiwan Province of | 13 1000 t | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 30 | Cameroon | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 160.0% | rising |
| 32 | Ecuador | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 900.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Mozambique | 7 1000 t | 2023 | down 72.0% | falling |
| 33 | Mauritius | 7 1000 t | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 36 | Republic of Korea | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Georgia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 36 | South Africa | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 36 | Peru | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 40 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Guatemala | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Zambia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | El Salvador | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Azerbaijan | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 45 | Russian Federation | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Russia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 33,800 1000 t
- Asia 27,813 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 16,319 1000 t
- Southern Asia 8,104 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 5,736 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 3,811 1000 t
- Africa 3,691 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 3,668 1000 t
- Americas 2,265 1000 t
- South America 2,263 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 2,030 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1,715 1000 t
- Western Asia 1,360 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1,265 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 39 1000 t
- Oceania 32 1000 t
- Middle Africa 16 1000 t
- European Union (27) 6 1000 t
- Western Africa 5 1000 t
- Southern Africa 2 1000 t
- Central America 1 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 0 1000 t
- Europe 0 1000 t
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.