Tea leaves — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 378 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 378 ha for tea leaves — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 4.4% on the previous year and down 38.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Europe peaked at 82,900 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 362 ha, in 2023.
Europe ranks 17th of 20 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 66,450 ha | +5.1% |
| 1963 | 68,300 ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 70,300 ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 71,500 ha | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 71,830 ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 72,300 ha | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 72,950 ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 73,100 ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 74,850 ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 75,950 ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 75,300 ha | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 74,350 ha | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 75,950 ha | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 76,390 ha | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 77,160 ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 77,200 ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 77,880 ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 79,180 ha | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 79,140 ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 78,485 ha | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 78,950 ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 79,950 ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 80,970 ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 82,520 ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 82,900 ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 82,780 ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 80,080 ha | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 80,200 ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 77,580 ha | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 76,790 ha | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 7,100 ha | -90.8% |
| 1993 | 7,030 ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 3,560 ha | -49.4% |
| 1995 | 4,124 ha | +15.8% |
| 1996 | 2,095 ha | -49.2% |
| 1997 | 1,641 ha | -21.7% |
| 1998 | 1,541 ha | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 1,540 ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 1,540 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,540 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,535 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 1,536 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,436 ha | -6.5% |
| 2005 | 1,436 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,565 ha | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 1,565 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,582 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 1,504 ha | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 1,558 ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 1,170 ha | -24.9% |
| 2012 | 432 ha | -63.1% |
| 2013 | 595 ha | +37.7% |
| 2014 | 619 ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 660 ha | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 894 ha | +35.5% |
| 2017 | 732 ha | -18.1% |
| 2018 | 719 ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 629 ha | -12.5% |
| 2020 | 613 ha | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 484 ha | -21.0% |
| 2022 | 398 ha | -17.8% |
| 2023 | 362 ha | -9.0% |
| 2024 | 378 ha | +4.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Area harvested in Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | -90.8% | 76,790 ha | 7,100 ha |
| 2012 | -63.1% | 1,170 ha | 432 ha |
| 1994 | -49.4% | 7,030 ha | 3,560 ha |
| 1996 | -49.2% | 4,124 ha | 2,095 ha |
| 2013 | +37.7% | 432 ha | 595 ha |
| 2016 | +35.5% | 660 ha | 894 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69,992 ha | 63,200 ha | 73,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 76,421 ha | 74,350 ha | 79,180 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 80,598 ha | 78,485 ha | 82,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,300 ha | 1,540 ha | 77,580 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,524 ha | 1,436 ha | 1,582 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 800.8 ha | 432 ha | 1,558 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 447 ha | 362 ha | 613 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — area harvested in Europe?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Europe was 378 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 82,900 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 362 ha in 2023.
- How does Europe rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 17th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe 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.