Tea leaves — Area harvested in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 3.68 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Asia recorded 3.68 million ha for tea leaves — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.8% on the previous year and up 80.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Eastern Asia peaked at 3.68 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 400,298 ha, in 1962.
Eastern Asia ranks 2nd of 26 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 438,371 ha | 400,298 ha | 523,664 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 899,657 ha | 571,248 ha | 1.14 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.03 million ha | 879,930 ha | 1.19 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 938,610 ha | 901,457 ha | 980,673 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.12 million ha | 949,591 ha | 1.39 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.28 million ha | 1.49 million ha | 3.24 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.33 million ha | 2.75 million ha | 3.68 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 1 China, People's Republic of 3.65 million ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 3.63 million ha compare
- 3 India 613,416 ha compare
- 4 Sri Lanka 268,829 ha compare
- 5 Kenya 228,400 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Asia
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 325,506 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2.38 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1.10 million ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 454.78 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 62.75 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.12 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,071 kg/ha (2024)
- Sheep fat, unrendered — Production 119,255 t (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 283.96 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — area harvested in Eastern Asia?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Eastern Asia was 3.68 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.68 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 400,298 ha in 1962.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.