Tea leaves — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Tea leaves — Area harvested was 357,362 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 357,362 ha.
The figure is up 6.4% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 367,395 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 123,973 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 123,973 ha | — |
| 1962 | 129,995 ha | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 133,924 ha | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 125,575 ha | -6.2% |
| 1965 | 134,063 ha | +6.8% |
| 1966 | 138,445 ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 141,030 ha | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 146,843 ha | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 152,545 ha | +3.9% |
| 1970 | 158,377 ha | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 164,600 ha | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 168,641 ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 171,901 ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 171,356 ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 169,914 ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 174,867 ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 182,059 ha | +4.1% |
| 1978 | 187,171 ha | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 173,546 ha | -7.3% |
| 1980 | 174,605 ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 175,760 ha | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 173,667 ha | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 174,114 ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 173,974 ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 175,367 ha | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 170,932 ha | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 172,107 ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 174,869 ha | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 177,306 ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 181,943 ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 193,713 ha | +6.5% |
| 1992 | 186,429 ha | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 192,446 ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 189,418 ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 185,439 ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 199,002 ha | +7.3% |
| 1997 | 211,937 ha | +6.5% |
| 1998 | 207,019 ha | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 210,334 ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 208,569 ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 215,324 ha | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 227,207 ha | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 230,716 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 237,006 ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 240,609 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 239,294 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 249,682 ha | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 250,665 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 270,198 ha | +7.8% |
| 2010 | 260,836 ha | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 265,479 ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 277,568 ha | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 300,358 ha | +8.2% |
| 2014 | 313,132 ha | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 312,516 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 314,103 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 310,958 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 367,395 ha | +18.1% |
| 2019 | 349,197 ha | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 336,797 ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 335,038 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 340,116 ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 335,983 ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 357,362 ha | +6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 136,266 ha | 123,973 ha | 152,545 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 172,243 ha | 158,377 ha | 187,171 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 174,270 ha | 170,932 ha | 177,306 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 195,768 ha | 181,943 ha | 211,937 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 236,927 ha | 208,569 ha | 270,198 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 307,154 ha | 260,836 ha | 367,395 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 341,059 ha | 335,038 ha | 357,362 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 357,362 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 367,395 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 123,973 ha in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 12 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.