Tea leaves — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 975,022 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 975,022 ha for tea leaves — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 1.00 million ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 620,921 ha, in 1961.
Southern Asia ranks 3rd of 20 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 620,921 ha | — |
| 1962 | 624,720 ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 628,892 ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 641,587 ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 648,843 ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 654,291 ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 661,571 ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 664,998 ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 665,836 ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 670,919 ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 666,156 ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 672,167 ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 676,565 ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 675,818 ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 669,546 ha | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 677,206 ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 680,454 ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 687,029 ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 691,969 ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 702,042 ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 706,715 ha | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 712,133 ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 718,009 ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 702,226 ha | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 708,365 ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 715,494 ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 711,799 ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 715,073 ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 715,766 ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 717,024 ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 725,279 ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 748,585 ha | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 728,973 ha | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 698,478 ha | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 704,343 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 702,916 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 710,381 ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 712,208 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 759,777 ha | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 767,328 ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 785,022 ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 815,459 ha | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 821,726 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 832,405 ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 835,026 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 854,976 ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 880,340 ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 900,041 ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 896,828 ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 899,796 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 923,374 ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 930,080 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 890,184 ha | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 923,785 ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 898,099 ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 892,948 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 922,376 ha | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 936,559 ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 1.00 million ha | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 930,346 ha | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 981,687 ha | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 992,795 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 967,898 ha | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 975,022 ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 645,740 ha | 620,921 ha | 665,836 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 676,783 ha | 666,156 ha | 691,969 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 710,762 ha | 702,042 ha | 718,009 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 720,796 ha | 698,478 ha | 759,777 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 838,915 ha | 767,328 ha | 900,041 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 921,807 ha | 890,184 ha | 1.00 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 969,550 ha | 930,346 ha | 992,795 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Southern Asia was 975,022 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.00 million ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 620,921 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 3rd out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.