Tea leaves — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS)
Small island developing States (SIDS): Tea leaves — Area harvested was 4,166 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Small island developing States (SIDS) recorded 4,166 ha for tea leaves — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) peaked at 9,739 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 1,106 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,106 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,269 ha | +14.7% |
| 1963 | 1,355 ha | +6.8% |
| 1964 | 2,199 ha | +62.3% |
| 1965 | 1,953 ha | -11.2% |
| 1966 | 2,243 ha | +14.8% |
| 1967 | 2,561 ha | +14.2% |
| 1968 | 2,869 ha | +12.0% |
| 1969 | 3,819 ha | +33.1% |
| 1970 | 4,808 ha | +25.9% |
| 1971 | 5,794 ha | +20.5% |
| 1972 | 5,843 ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 6,677 ha | +14.3% |
| 1974 | 7,208 ha | +8.0% |
| 1975 | 8,440 ha | +17.1% |
| 1976 | 8,046 ha | -4.7% |
| 1977 | 9,726 ha | +20.9% |
| 1978 | 9,739 ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 8,036 ha | -17.5% |
| 1980 | 7,810 ha | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 6,709 ha | -14.1% |
| 1982 | 6,511 ha | -3.0% |
| 1983 | 7,267 ha | +11.6% |
| 1984 | 7,311 ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 7,822 ha | +7.0% |
| 1986 | 7,948 ha | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 7,831 ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 7,555 ha | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 7,251 ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 7,405 ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 6,131 ha | -17.2% |
| 1992 | 6,513 ha | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 6,588 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 6,243 ha | -5.2% |
| 1995 | 5,371 ha | -14.0% |
| 1996 | 5,524 ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 4,237 ha | -23.3% |
| 1998 | 5,138 ha | +21.3% |
| 1999 | 5,111 ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 5,120 ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 4,895 ha | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 4,802 ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 4,881 ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 4,824 ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 4,914 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 5,078 ha | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 5,013 ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 4,557 ha | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 4,654 ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 4,527 ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 4,528 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4,435 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 4,408 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 4,405 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 4,301 ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 4,332 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 4,248 ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 4,205 ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 4,170 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 4,079 ha | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 3,936 ha | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 4,066 ha | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 4,128 ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 4,166 ha | +0.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) 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 | +62.3% | 1,355 ha | 2,199 ha |
| 1969 | +33.1% | 2,869 ha | 3,819 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,153 ha | 1,106 ha | 3,819 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,432 ha | 4,808 ha | 9,739 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,402 ha | 6,511 ha | 7,948 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,826 ha | 4,237 ha | 7,405 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,874 ha | 4,557 ha | 5,120 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,356 ha | 4,170 ha | 4,528 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,075 ha | 3,936 ha | 4,166 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Small island developing States (SIDS)
- 7 Myanmar 95,223 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 17,185 ha compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 13,263 ha compare
- 8 USSR 76,600 ha compare
- 9 Bangladesh 58,754 ha compare
- 9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,735 ha compare
- 10 Uganda 44,765 ha compare
- 11 Japan 35,100 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 3,543 ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 276 ha compare
- 12 Rwanda 35,050 ha compare
- 13 Argentina 29,869 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) was 4,166 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The highest recorded value was 9,739 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,106 ha in 1961.
- How does Small island developing States (SIDS) rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 10th out of 12 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Small island developing States (SIDS) 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.