Tea leaves — Area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of
China, Taiwan Province of: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 13,730 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tea leaves — Area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of stood at 13,730 ha.
The figure is up 14.5% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of peaked at 44,979 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 11,400 ha, in 2017.
China, Taiwan Province of ranks 17th of 45 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 44,979 ha | — |
| 1962 | 36,043 ha | -19.9% |
| 1963 | 36,308 ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 35,236 ha | -3.0% |
| 1965 | 34,607 ha | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 34,516 ha | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 34,495 ha | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 34,278 ha | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 33,704 ha | -1.7% |
| 1970 | 33,253 ha | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 32,957 ha | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 32,529 ha | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 32,068 ha | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 31,825 ha | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 31,449 ha | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 29,900 ha | -4.9% |
| 1977 | 27,732 ha | -7.3% |
| 1978 | 27,725 ha | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 27,259 ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 27,134 ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 26,516 ha | -2.3% |
| 1982 | 25,995 ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 26,341 ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 26,531 ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 24,313 ha | -8.4% |
| 1986 | 24,180 ha | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 22,663 ha | -6.3% |
| 1988 | 23,426 ha | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 22,253 ha | -5.0% |
| 1990 | 22,695 ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 22,370 ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 20,806 ha | -7.0% |
| 1993 | 21,140 ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 19,701 ha | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 19,932 ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 19,955 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 19,622 ha | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 19,299 ha | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 19,142 ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 18,512 ha | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 17,902 ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 18,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 18,200 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 17,462 ha | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 17,064 ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 16,740 ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 15,732 ha | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 15,174 ha | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 14,873 ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 14,530 ha | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 14,100 ha | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 13,308 ha | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 11,818 ha | -11.2% |
| 2014 | 11,785 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 11,620 ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 11,606 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 11,400 ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 11,660 ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 11,775 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 11,851 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 11,890 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 11,821 ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 11,994 ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 13,730 ha | +14.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,018 ha | 33,704 ha | 44,979 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,670 ha | 27,259 ha | 33,253 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,935 ha | 22,253 ha | 27,134 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,466 ha | 19,142 ha | 22,695 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,996 ha | 14,873 ha | 18,512 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,360 ha | 11,400 ha | 14,530 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,257 ha | 11,821 ha | 13,730 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of was 13,730 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
- The highest recorded value was 44,979 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,400 ha in 2017.
- How does China, Taiwan Province of rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- China, Taiwan Province of ranks 17th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in China, Taiwan Province of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, Taiwan Province of 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.