Tea leaves — Production in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Tea leaves — Production was 2,014 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Production in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — production in Democratic Republic of the Congo stood at 2,014 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.8% on the previous year and up 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — production in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 10,000 t in 1966 and was at its lowest, 1,152 t, in 2017.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tea leaves — Production in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 8,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 8,500 t | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 7,000 t | -17.6% |
| 1965 | 8,500 t | +21.4% |
| 1966 | 10,000 t | +17.6% |
| 1967 | 5,000 t | -50.0% |
| 1968 | 8,000 t | +60.0% |
| 1969 | 7,859 t | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 7,301 t | -7.1% |
| 1971 | 7,500 t | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 7,600 t | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 7,100 t | -6.6% |
| 1974 | 6,700 t | -5.6% |
| 1975 | 6,700 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 6,800 t | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 6,700 t | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 6,700 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 6,000 t | -10.4% |
| 1980 | 6,100 t | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 4,810 t | -21.1% |
| 1982 | 4,481 t | -6.8% |
| 1983 | 4,748 t | +6.0% |
| 1984 | 4,955 t | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 4,840 t | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 3,380 t | -30.2% |
| 1987 | 2,030 t | -39.9% |
| 1988 | 3,100 t | +52.7% |
| 1989 | 3,100 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,114 t | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 3,250 t | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 3,120 t | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 3,352 t | +7.4% |
| 1994 | 3,405 t | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 3,418 t | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 3,431 t | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 3,433 t | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 3,328 t | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 2,183 t | -34.4% |
| 2000 | 1,879 t | -13.9% |
| 2001 | 1,615 t | -14.1% |
| 2002 | 1,389 t | -14.0% |
| 2003 | 1,560 t | +12.3% |
| 2004 | 1,560 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,570 t | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 1,760 t | +12.1% |
| 2007 | 1,760 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,220 t | +26.1% |
| 2009 | 2,489 t | +12.1% |
| 2010 | 2,479 t | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 3,129 t | +26.2% |
| 2012 | 2,889 t | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 1,911 t | -33.9% |
| 2014 | 1,656 t | -13.3% |
| 2015 | 1,447 t | -12.6% |
| 2016 | 1,272 t | -12.1% |
| 2017 | 1,152 t | -9.4% |
| 2018 | 4,407 t | +282.5% |
| 2019 | 4,427 t | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 4,446 t | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 3,891 t | -12.5% |
| 2022 | 2,798 t | -28.1% |
| 2023 | 2,365 t | -15.5% |
| 2024 | 2,014 t | -14.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,762 t | 5,000 t | 10,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,910 t | 6,000 t | 7,600 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,154 t | 2,030 t | 6,100 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,203 t | 2,183 t | 3,433 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,780 t | 1,389 t | 2,489 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,477 t | 1,152 t | 4,427 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,103 t | 2,014 t | 4,446 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — production in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Tea leaves — production in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 2,014 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — production recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 10,000 t in 1966.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — production recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,152 t in 2017.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for tea leaves — production?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 11th out of 12 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — production rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of the Congo 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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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.