Tea leaves — Area harvested in Mauritius
Mauritius: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 623 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tea leaves — area harvested in Mauritius is 623 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Mauritius peaked at 5,844 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 574 ha, in 2015.
Mauritius ranks 41st of 51 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 | 1,975 ha | 1,056 ha | 2,943 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,318 ha | 3,416 ha | 5,844 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,736 ha | 3,071 ha | 3,954 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,040 ha | 671 ha | 3,151 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 684.7 ha | 660 ha | 713 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 649.2 ha | 574 ha | 698 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 652.2 ha | 623 ha | 685 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 38 Madagascar 1,052 ha compare
- 39 Azerbaijan 740 ha compare
- 40 Zambia 687 ha compare
- 42 El Salvador 342 ha compare
- 43 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 276 ha compare
- 44 Russian Federation 254 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- Agriculture share gdp 4.62 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.62 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
- Rural population 61.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 758,222 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 745.90 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 10,843 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — area harvested in Mauritius?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Mauritius was 623 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 5,844 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 574 ha in 2015.
- How does Mauritius rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Mauritius ranks 41st out of 51 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.