Tea leaves — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 35,079 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Americas recorded 35,079 ha for tea leaves — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 21.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Americas peaked at 52,625 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 19,493 ha, in 1961.
That places Americas 11th out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,493 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,530 ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 22,917 ha | +17.3% |
| 1964 | 25,087 ha | +9.5% |
| 1965 | 26,048 ha | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 31,018 ha | +19.1% |
| 1967 | 28,118 ha | -9.3% |
| 1968 | 35,757 ha | +27.2% |
| 1969 | 36,481 ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 39,738 ha | +8.9% |
| 1971 | 41,129 ha | +3.5% |
| 1972 | 38,520 ha | -6.3% |
| 1973 | 38,537 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 44,912 ha | +16.5% |
| 1975 | 48,396 ha | +7.8% |
| 1976 | 47,415 ha | -2.0% |
| 1977 | 51,855 ha | +9.4% |
| 1978 | 52,625 ha | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 50,522 ha | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 50,491 ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 40,718 ha | -19.4% |
| 1982 | 45,218 ha | +11.1% |
| 1983 | 47,724 ha | +5.5% |
| 1984 | 49,989 ha | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 52,010 ha | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 46,879 ha | -9.9% |
| 1987 | 46,946 ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 44,698 ha | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 47,413 ha | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 48,492 ha | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 46,737 ha | -3.6% |
| 1992 | 44,469 ha | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 47,816 ha | +7.5% |
| 1994 | 46,428 ha | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 45,835 ha | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 45,209 ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 45,059 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 45,546 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 47,955 ha | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 46,962 ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 45,415 ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 44,599 ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 43,600 ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 43,235 ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 43,429 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 45,135 ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 46,133 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 47,647 ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 44,915 ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 44,736 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 44,218 ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 45,346 ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 42,835 ha | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 44,556 ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 44,928 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 44,400 ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 43,858 ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 44,489 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 39,238 ha | -11.8% |
| 2020 | 38,112 ha | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 35,301 ha | -7.4% |
| 2022 | 35,297 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 35,296 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 35,079 ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,161 ha | 19,493 ha | 36,481 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 45,365 ha | 38,520 ha | 52,625 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 47,209 ha | 40,718 ha | 52,010 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 46,355 ha | 44,469 ha | 48,492 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 45,107 ha | 43,235 ha | 47,647 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,860 ha | 39,238 ha | 45,346 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,817 ha | 35,079 ha | 38,112 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 13,263 ha compare
- 8 USSR 76,600 ha compare
- 9 Bangladesh 58,754 ha compare
- 9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,735 ha compare
- 10 Uganda 44,765 ha compare
- 11 Japan 35,100 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 3,543 ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 276 ha compare
- 12 Rwanda 35,050 ha compare
- 13 Argentina 29,869 ha compare
- 14 Thailand 21,394 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — area harvested in Americas?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Americas was 35,079 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 52,625 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,493 ha in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 11th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tea leaves — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.