Tea leaves — Production in Americas
Americas: Tea leaves — Production was 373,668 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Production in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — production in Americas stood at 373,668 t.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — production in Americas peaked at 436,761 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 12,224 t, in 1962.
That places Americas 11th out of 20 groups 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 — Production in Americas, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,865 t | — |
| 1962 | 12,224 t | -5.0% |
| 1963 | 18,708 t | +53.0% |
| 1964 | 20,200 t | +8.0% |
| 1965 | 21,601 t | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 24,044 t | +11.3% |
| 1967 | 22,785 t | -5.2% |
| 1968 | 24,605 t | +8.0% |
| 1969 | 28,886 t | +17.4% |
| 1970 | 34,256 t | +18.6% |
| 1971 | 39,882 t | +16.4% |
| 1972 | 40,869 t | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 40,430 t | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 43,692 t | +8.1% |
| 1975 | 50,831 t | +16.3% |
| 1976 | 44,559 t | -12.3% |
| 1977 | 52,243 t | +17.2% |
| 1978 | 38,715 t | -25.9% |
| 1979 | 44,194 t | +14.2% |
| 1980 | 50,388 t | +14.0% |
| 1981 | 37,320 t | -25.9% |
| 1982 | 48,278 t | +29.4% |
| 1983 | 52,526 t | +8.8% |
| 1984 | 54,836 t | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 60,565 t | +10.4% |
| 1986 | 56,942 t | -6.0% |
| 1987 | 61,538 t | +8.1% |
| 1988 | 45,079 t | -26.7% |
| 1989 | 63,130 t | +40.0% |
| 1990 | 65,570 t | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 257,641 t | +292.9% |
| 1992 | 238,576 t | -7.4% |
| 1993 | 294,327 t | +23.4% |
| 1994 | 281,594 t | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 276,719 t | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 252,997 t | -8.6% |
| 1997 | 282,498 t | +11.7% |
| 1998 | 289,842 t | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 289,826 t | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 373,452 t | +28.9% |
| 2001 | 359,751 t | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 355,776 t | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 340,739 t | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 338,019 t | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 329,098 t | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 347,160 t | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 350,163 t | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 386,427 t | +10.4% |
| 2009 | 348,199 t | -9.9% |
| 2010 | 436,761 t | +25.4% |
| 2011 | 435,465 t | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 383,532 t | -11.9% |
| 2013 | 369,995 t | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 383,502 t | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 378,169 t | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 387,821 t | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 370,622 t | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 375,634 t | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 378,073 t | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 351,505 t | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 352,776 t | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 371,892 t | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 361,071 t | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 373,668 t | +3.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Production in Americas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +292.9% | 65,570 t | 257,641 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,658 t | 12,224 t | 28,886 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 42,967 t | 34,256 t | 52,243 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 53,060 t | 37,320 t | 63,130 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 252,959 t | 65,570 t | 294,327 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 352,878 t | 329,098 t | 386,427 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 389,957 t | 369,995 t | 436,761 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 362,182 t | 351,505 t | 373,668 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 8 Uganda 414,945 t compare
- 8 Melanesia 32,399 t compare
- 9 Argentina 356,753 t compare
- 10 Japan 319,300 t compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 18,400 t compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,014 t compare
- 11 Malawi 247,670 t compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,201 t compare
- 12 Rwanda 160,592 t compare
- 13 Nepal 135,399 t compare
- 14 Myanmar 121,765 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — production in Americas?
- Tea leaves — production in Americas was 373,668 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — production recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 436,761 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — production recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,224 t in 1962.
- How does Americas rank for tea leaves — production?
- Americas ranks 11th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — production rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tea leaves — Production. 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.