Tea leaves — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 21,394 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — area harvested in Thailand stood at 21,394 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 157.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 21,394 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Thailand 14th out of 45 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 500 ha | — |
| 1973 | 900 ha | +80.0% |
| 1974 | 1,300 ha | +44.4% |
| 1975 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,700 ha | +30.8% |
| 1977 | 3,200 ha | +88.2% |
| 1978 | 4,600 ha | +43.8% |
| 1979 | 5,200 ha | +13.0% |
| 1980 | 5,700 ha | +9.6% |
| 1981 | 7,000 ha | +22.8% |
| 1982 | 10,400 ha | +48.6% |
| 1983 | 11,200 ha | +7.7% |
| 1984 | 11,800 ha | +5.4% |
| 1985 | 11,400 ha | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 10,000 ha | -12.3% |
| 1987 | 9,500 ha | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 11,000 ha | +15.8% |
| 1989 | 10,500 ha | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 9,500 ha | -9.5% |
| 1991 | 1,700 ha | -82.1% |
| 1992 | 2,375 ha | +39.7% |
| 1993 | 2,910 ha | +22.5% |
| 1994 | 3,443 ha | +18.3% |
| 1995 | 3,975 ha | +15.5% |
| 1996 | 4,718 ha | +18.7% |
| 1997 | 5,216 ha | +10.6% |
| 1998 | 5,874 ha | +12.6% |
| 1999 | 6,330 ha | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 6,058 ha | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 6,501 ha | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 8,602 ha | +32.3% |
| 2003 | 10,769 ha | +25.2% |
| 2004 | 14,992 ha | +39.2% |
| 2005 | 15,289 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 16,024 ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 16,958 ha | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 18,138 ha | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 18,635 ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 19,459 ha | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 20,214 ha | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 14,640 ha | -27.6% |
| 2013 | 7,941 ha | -45.8% |
| 2014 | 8,315 ha | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 6,651 ha | -20.0% |
| 2016 | 11,450 ha | +72.2% |
| 2017 | 15,008 ha | +31.1% |
| 2018 | 17,973 ha | +19.8% |
| 2019 | 19,460 ha | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 20,317 ha | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 20,554 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 21,123 ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 21,243 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 21,394 ha | +0.7% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 21,394 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,144 ha, 18.7× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 21,394 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 35,100 ha, 61% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,870 ha | 0 ha | 5,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,850 ha | 5,700 ha | 11,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,604 ha | 1,700 ha | 9,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,197 ha | 6,058 ha | 18,635 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,111 ha | 6,651 ha | 20,214 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,926 ha | 20,317 ha | 21,394 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — area harvested in Thailand?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Thailand was 21,394 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 21,394 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 14th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 157.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand 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.