Tea leaves — Production in India
India: Tea leaves — Production was 6.16 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Production in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — production in India stood at 6.16 million t.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — production in India peaked at 6.23 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 346,413 t, in 1963.
India ranks 3rd of 45 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tea leaves — Production in India, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 354,397 t | — |
| 1962 | 346,736 t | -2.2% |
| 1963 | 346,413 t | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 372,486 t | +7.5% |
| 1965 | 366,374 t | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 375,983 t | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 384,759 t | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 402,489 t | +4.6% |
| 1969 | 393,588 t | -2.2% |
| 1970 | 418,517 t | +6.3% |
| 1971 | 435,468 t | +4.1% |
| 1972 | 455,996 t | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 471,952 t | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 489,475 t | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 487,137 t | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 511,817 t | +5.1% |
| 1977 | 556,267 t | +8.7% |
| 1978 | 563,846 t | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 543,776 t | -3.6% |
| 1980 | 569,550 t | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 559,583 t | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 560,732 t | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 581,484 t | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 639,864 t | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 656,162 t | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 620,803 t | -5.4% |
| 1987 | 620,800 t | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 674,300 t | +8.6% |
| 1989 | 701,100 t | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 688,100 t | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 3.13 million t | +355.2% |
| 1992 | 3.28 million t | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 3.06 million t | -6.7% |
| 1994 | 3.27 million t | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 3.28 million t | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 3.29 million t | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 3.39 million t | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 3.52 million t | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 3.80 million t | +7.9% |
| 2000 | 3.59 million t | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 3.68 million t | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 3.71 million t | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 3.68 million t | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 3.82 million t | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 3.94 million t | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 4.13 million t | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 4.23 million t | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 4.29 million t | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 4.23 million t | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 4.31 million t | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 4.76 million t | +10.5% |
| 2012 | 4.93 million t | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 5.26 million t | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 5.25 million t | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 5.36 million t | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 5.44 million t | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 5.76 million t | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 5.82 million t | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 6.04 million t | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 5.49 million t | -9.2% |
| 2021 | 6.09 million t | +11.0% |
| 2022 | 6.23 million t | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 6.03 million t | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 6.16 million t | +2.0% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 6.16 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 121,765 t, 50.6× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Production in India 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 | +355.2% | 688,100 t | 3.13 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 371,469 t | 346,413 t | 402,489 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 493,425 t | 418,517 t | 563,846 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 618,438 t | 559,583 t | 701,100 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.07 million t | 688,100 t | 3.80 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.93 million t | 3.59 million t | 4.29 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.29 million t | 4.31 million t | 6.04 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.00 million t | 5.49 million t | 6.23 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 1 China 16.30 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 16.26 million t compare
- 3 Türkiye 1.41 million t compare
- 4 Kenya 2.69 million t compare
- 4 Viet Nam 1.15 million t compare
- 5 Sri Lanka 1.51 million t compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 128,783 t compare
- 6 Indonesia 658,000 t compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 79,997 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — production in India?
- Tea leaves — production in India was 6.16 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — production recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 6.23 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — production recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 346,413 t in 1963.
- How does India rank for tea leaves — production?
- India ranks 3rd out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — production rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India 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.