Tea leaves — Area harvested in Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 3,370 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Republic of Korea recorded 3,370 ha for tea leaves — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.7% on the previous year and up 51.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Republic of Korea peaked at 3,370 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 55 ha, in 1961.
Republic of Korea ranks 23rd of 45 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 55 ha | — |
| 1962 | 55 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 55 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 80 ha | +45.5% |
| 1965 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 90 ha | +12.5% |
| 1967 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 110 ha | +22.2% |
| 1969 | 160 ha | +45.5% |
| 1970 | 295 ha | +84.4% |
| 1971 | 290 ha | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 260 ha | -10.3% |
| 1973 | 180 ha | -30.8% |
| 1974 | 250 ha | +38.9% |
| 1975 | 220 ha | -12.0% |
| 1976 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 330 ha | +50.0% |
| 1984 | 390 ha | +18.2% |
| 1985 | 440 ha | +12.8% |
| 1986 | 550 ha | +25.0% |
| 1987 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 436 ha | -20.7% |
| 1990 | 262 ha | -39.9% |
| 1991 | 507 ha | +93.5% |
| 1992 | 601 ha | +18.5% |
| 1993 | 653 ha | +8.7% |
| 1994 | 695 ha | +6.4% |
| 1995 | 715 ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 829 ha | +15.9% |
| 1997 | 900 ha | +8.6% |
| 1998 | 1,128 ha | +25.3% |
| 1999 | 1,431 ha | +26.9% |
| 2000 | 1,179 ha | -17.6% |
| 2001 | 1,825 ha | +54.8% |
| 2002 | 1,391 ha | -23.8% |
| 2003 | 1,477 ha | +6.2% |
| 2004 | 1,555 ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 1,637 ha | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 1,716 ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 1,795 ha | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 1,867 ha | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 1,933 ha | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 1,997 ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 1,992 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 2,192 ha | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 2,247 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 2,229 ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 2,296 ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 2,377 ha | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 2,463 ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 2,550 ha | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 2,637 ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 2,766 ha | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 2,837 ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 2,856 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 2,939 ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 3,370 ha | +14.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 86.11 ha | 55 ha | 160 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 237.5 ha | 180 ha | 295 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 390.6 ha | 220 ha | 550 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 772.1 ha | 262 ha | 1,431 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,638 ha | 1,179 ha | 1,933 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,298 ha | 1,992 ha | 2,637 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,954 ha | 2,766 ha | 3,370 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — area harvested in Republic of Korea?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Republic of Korea was 3,370 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 3,370 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 55 ha in 1961.
- How does Republic of Korea rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Republic of Korea ranks 23rd out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Republic of Korea 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.