Tea leaves — Area harvested in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 268,829 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — area harvested in Sri Lanka stood at 268,829 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Sri Lanka peaked at 268,829 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 187,309 ha, in 1994.
Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 45 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 237,713 ha | — |
| 1962 | 239,217 ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 237,702 ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 239,569 ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 240,508 ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 241,373 ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 242,331 ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 241,796 ha | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 241,401 ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 241,799 ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 241,667 ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 241,855 ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 242,298 ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 242,193 ha | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 241,880 ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 240,581 ha | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 242,012 ha | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 242,899 ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 244,099 ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 244,710 ha | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 244,918 ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 242,141 ha | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 242,130 ha | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 227,874 ha | -5.9% |
| 1985 | 231,650 ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 222,905 ha | -3.8% |
| 1987 | 221,498 ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 221,683 ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 222,110 ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 221,758 ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 221,691 ha | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 221,836 ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 197,230 ha | -11.1% |
| 1994 | 187,309 ha | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 188,970 ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 187,563 ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 190,473 ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 188,970 ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 195,460 ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 188,970 ha | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 188,970 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 210,620 ha | +11.5% |
| 2003 | 210,620 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 212,720 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 212,720 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 212,720 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 212,720 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 221,969 ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 221,969 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 221,969 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 221,969 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 221,969 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 221,969 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 221,969 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 233,124 ha | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 216,515 ha | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 202,540 ha | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 202,540 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 264,688 ha | +30.7% |
| 2020 | 266,354 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 266,509 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 267,187 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 268,829 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 268,829 ha | +0.0% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 268,829 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,144 ha, 235.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Area harvested in Sri Lanka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +30.7% | 202,540 ha | 264,688 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 240,179 ha | 237,702 ha | 242,331 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 242,128 ha | 240,581 ha | 244,099 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 232,162 ha | 221,498 ha | 244,918 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 200,126 ha | 187,309 ha | 221,836 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 209,400 ha | 188,970 ha | 221,969 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 222,925 ha | 202,540 ha | 264,688 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 267,542 ha | 266,354 ha | 268,829 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 1 China 3.65 million ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 3.63 million ha compare
- 3 India 613,416 ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 113,037 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 81,010 ha compare
- 5 Kenya 228,400 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 33,157 ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 103,605 ha compare
- 7 Myanmar 95,223 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 17,185 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — area harvested in Sri Lanka?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Sri Lanka was 268,829 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 268,829 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 187,309 ha in 1994.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Sri Lanka ranks 4th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.