Tea leaves — Area harvested in Argentina
Argentina: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 29,869 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tea leaves — area harvested in Argentina is 29,869 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Argentina peaked at 43,000 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 13,000 ha, in 1962.
That places Argentina 13th out of 45 countries 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 Argentina, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 16,200 ha | +24.6% |
| 1964 | 18,200 ha | +12.3% |
| 1965 | 19,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 23,830 ha | +25.4% |
| 1967 | 20,950 ha | -12.1% |
| 1968 | 28,085 ha | +34.1% |
| 1969 | 28,400 ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 31,400 ha | +10.6% |
| 1971 | 32,250 ha | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 29,500 ha | -8.5% |
| 1973 | 29,100 ha | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 35,500 ha | +22.0% |
| 1975 | 37,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 36,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1977 | 41,000 ha | +13.9% |
| 1978 | 43,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 40,600 ha | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 40,700 ha | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 31,100 ha | -23.6% |
| 1982 | 35,200 ha | +13.2% |
| 1983 | 39,300 ha | +11.6% |
| 1984 | 41,550 ha | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 42,050 ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 36,750 ha | -12.6% |
| 1987 | 36,800 ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 34,700 ha | -5.7% |
| 1989 | 38,227 ha | +10.2% |
| 1990 | 38,727 ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 37,192 ha | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 37,238 ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 38,270 ha | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 37,577 ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 37,364 ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 37,732 ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 37,557 ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 37,867 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 39,600 ha | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 38,620 ha | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 37,420 ha | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 36,400 ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 36,380 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 36,670 ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 36,335 ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 38,000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 40,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 39,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 37,201 ha | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 37,221 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 36,989 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 39,322 ha | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 37,499 ha | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 38,507 ha | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 39,600 ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 39,221 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 39,221 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 39,611 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 34,130 ha | -13.8% |
| 2020 | 32,980 ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 30,100 ha | -8.7% |
| 2022 | 30,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 30,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 29,869 ha | -0.8% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 29,869 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,144 ha, 26.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 29,869 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 723 ha, 41.3× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Area harvested in Argentina changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +34.1% | 20,950 ha | 28,085 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,085 ha | 13,000 ha | 28,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 35,605 ha | 29,100 ha | 43,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 37,638 ha | 31,100 ha | 42,050 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,912 ha | 37,192 ha | 39,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,603 ha | 36,335 ha | 40,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 38,132 ha | 34,130 ha | 39,611 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,630 ha | 29,869 ha | 32,980 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — area harvested in Argentina?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Argentina was 29,869 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 43,000 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,000 ha in 1962.
- How does Argentina rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 13th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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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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.