Tea leaves — Area harvested in India
India: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 613,416 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tea leaves — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
India recorded 613,416 ha for tea leaves — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in India peaked at 637,223 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 331,229 ha, in 1961.
India ranks 3rd of 45 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 331,229 ha | — |
| 1962 | 332,524 ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 334,036 ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 341,762 ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 345,256 ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 347,653 ha | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 351,065 ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 353,359 ha | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 354,133 ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 356,516 ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 358,675 ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 360,108 ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 361,663 ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 363,303 ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 364,275 ha | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 366,276 ha | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 369,184 ha | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 373,747 ha | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 378,447 ha | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 381,891 ha | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 384,242 ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 394,999 ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 396,066 ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 398,453 ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 399,929 ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 411,673 ha | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 411,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 414,200 ha | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 414,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 415,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 421,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 444,000 ha | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 448,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 426,000 ha | -4.9% |
| 1995 | 428,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 427,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 431,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 434,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 474,000 ha | +9.2% |
| 2000 | 490,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 504,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 510,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 516,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 520,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 521,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 555,611 ha | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 567,020 ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 578,458 ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 579,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 579,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 600,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 605,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 563,980 ha | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 604,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 566,660 ha | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 577,480 ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 621,610 ha | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 621,990 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 637,223 ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 572,021 ha | -10.2% |
| 2021 | 627,712 ha | +9.7% |
| 2022 | 633,750 ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 607,373 ha | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 613,416 ha | +1.0% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 613,416 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20,760 ha, 29.5× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 343,446 ha | 331,229 ha | 354,133 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 365,219 ha | 356,516 ha | 378,447 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 400,745 ha | 381,891 ha | 414,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 434,800 ha | 415,000 ha | 474,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 534,109 ha | 490,000 ha | 579,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 597,694 ha | 563,980 ha | 637,223 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 610,854 ha | 572,021 ha | 633,750 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — area harvested in India?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in India was 613,416 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 637,223 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 331,229 ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- India ranks 3rd out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.