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 35th of 45 countries 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 Mauritius, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,056 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,219 ha | +15.4% |
| 1963 | 1,300 ha | +6.6% |
| 1964 | 2,144 ha | +64.9% |
| 1965 | 1,893 ha | -11.7% |
| 1966 | 2,183 ha | +15.3% |
| 1967 | 2,416 ha | +10.7% |
| 1968 | 2,624 ha | +8.6% |
| 1969 | 2,943 ha | +12.2% |
| 1970 | 3,416 ha | +16.1% |
| 1971 | 3,639 ha | +6.5% |
| 1972 | 3,617 ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 3,648 ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 4,010 ha | +9.9% |
| 1975 | 4,840 ha | +20.7% |
| 1976 | 4,200 ha | -13.2% |
| 1977 | 5,831 ha | +38.8% |
| 1978 | 5,844 ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 4,136 ha | -29.2% |
| 1980 | 3,915 ha | -5.3% |
| 1981 | 3,953 ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 3,799 ha | -3.9% |
| 1983 | 3,899 ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 3,954 ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 3,950 ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 3,776 ha | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 3,661 ha | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 3,385 ha | -7.5% |
| 1989 | 3,071 ha | -9.3% |
| 1990 | 2,905 ha | -5.4% |
| 1991 | 2,870 ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 3,135 ha | +9.2% |
| 1993 | 3,151 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 3,028 ha | -3.9% |
| 1995 | 2,077 ha | -31.4% |
| 1996 | 1,108 ha | -46.7% |
| 1997 | 767 ha | -30.8% |
| 1998 | 688 ha | -10.3% |
| 1999 | 671 ha | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 670 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 660 ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 680 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 681 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 674 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 670 ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 688 ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 709 ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 702 ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 713 ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 698 ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 651 ha | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 669 ha | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 672 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 672 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 574 ha | -14.6% |
| 2016 | 622 ha | +8.4% |
| 2017 | 622 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 656 ha | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 656 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 667 ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 685 ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 659 ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 627 ha | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 623 ha | -0.6% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 623 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,144 ha, 54% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 623 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,868 ha, 13% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Area harvested in Mauritius 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +64.9% | 1,300 ha | 2,144 ha |
| 1996 | -46.7% | 2,077 ha | 1,108 ha |
| 1977 | +38.8% | 4,200 ha | 5,831 ha |
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
- 32 South Africa 907 ha compare
- 33 Azerbaijan 740 ha compare
- 34 Zambia 687 ha compare
- 36 Réunion 447 ha compare
- 37 El Salvador 342 ha compare
- 38 Russian Federation 254 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0462 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 599.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1976 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6096 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (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 35th out of 45 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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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.