Tea leaves — Area harvested in South America
South America: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 33,593 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tea leaves — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — area harvested in South America stood at 33,593 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 21.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in South America peaked at 52,625 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 19,493 ha, in 1961.
That places South America 12th out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,493 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,530 ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 22,917 ha | +17.3% |
| 1964 | 25,087 ha | +9.5% |
| 1965 | 26,048 ha | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 31,018 ha | +19.1% |
| 1967 | 28,118 ha | -9.3% |
| 1968 | 35,757 ha | +27.2% |
| 1969 | 36,481 ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 39,738 ha | +8.9% |
| 1971 | 41,129 ha | +3.5% |
| 1972 | 38,520 ha | -6.3% |
| 1973 | 38,537 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 44,912 ha | +16.5% |
| 1975 | 48,396 ha | +7.8% |
| 1976 | 47,415 ha | -2.0% |
| 1977 | 51,855 ha | +9.4% |
| 1978 | 52,625 ha | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 50,522 ha | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 50,491 ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 40,718 ha | -19.4% |
| 1982 | 45,218 ha | +11.1% |
| 1983 | 47,724 ha | +5.5% |
| 1984 | 49,989 ha | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 51,560 ha | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 46,359 ha | -10.1% |
| 1987 | 46,396 ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 44,038 ha | -5.1% |
| 1989 | 46,793 ha | +6.3% |
| 1990 | 47,752 ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 46,247 ha | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 43,996 ha | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 47,356 ha | +7.6% |
| 1994 | 45,929 ha | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 45,308 ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 44,688 ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 44,508 ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 44,979 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 47,395 ha | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 46,362 ha | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 44,872 ha | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 43,988 ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 42,926 ha | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 42,612 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 42,381 ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 44,095 ha | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 43,870 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 45,303 ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 43,421 ha | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 43,267 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 42,958 ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 44,089 ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 41,508 ha | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 42,983 ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 43,378 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 42,899 ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 42,357 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 42,972 ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 37,747 ha | -12.2% |
| 2020 | 36,643 ha | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 33,809 ha | -7.7% |
| 2022 | 33,813 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 33,814 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 33,593 ha | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,161 ha | 19,493 ha | 36,481 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 45,365 ha | 38,520 ha | 52,625 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,929 ha | 40,718 ha | 51,560 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 45,816 ha | 43,996 ha | 47,752 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,983 ha | 42,381 ha | 46,362 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,416 ha | 37,747 ha | 44,089 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,334 ha | 33,593 ha | 36,643 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — area harvested in South America?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in South America was 33,593 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 52,625 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,493 ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- South America ranks 12th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.