Tea leaves — Production in Japan
Japan: Tea leaves — Production was 319,300 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Production in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tea leaves — production in Japan is 319,300 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — production in Japan peaked at 438,000 t in 2004 and was at its lowest, 77,571 t, in 1965.
Japan ranks 10th of 45 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tea leaves — Production in Japan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 81,527 t | — |
| 1962 | 77,608 t | -4.8% |
| 1963 | 81,239 t | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 83,427 t | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 77,571 t | -7.0% |
| 1966 | 83,290 t | +7.4% |
| 1967 | 85,284 t | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 85,112 t | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 89,804 t | +5.5% |
| 1970 | 91,398 t | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 93,111 t | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 95,072 t | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 101,181 t | +6.4% |
| 1974 | 95,238 t | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 105,448 t | +10.7% |
| 1976 | 100,097 t | -5.1% |
| 1977 | 102,301 t | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 104,738 t | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 98,000 t | -6.4% |
| 1980 | 102,300 t | +4.4% |
| 1981 | 102,300 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 98,500 t | -3.7% |
| 1983 | 102,700 t | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 92,500 t | -9.9% |
| 1985 | 95,500 t | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 93,600 t | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 96,300 t | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 89,800 t | -6.7% |
| 1989 | 90,500 t | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 89,900 t | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 382,000 t | +324.9% |
| 1992 | 400,000 t | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 400,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 375,000 t | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 369,000 t | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 385,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 397,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 359,000 t | -9.6% |
| 1999 | 385,000 t | +7.2% |
| 2000 | 370,000 t | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 370,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 365,000 t | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 400,000 t | +9.6% |
| 2004 | 438,000 t | +9.5% |
| 2005 | 435,000 t | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 399,000 t | -8.3% |
| 2007 | 409,000 t | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 420,000 t | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 374,000 t | -11.0% |
| 2010 | 370,000 t | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 357,000 t | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 373,000 t | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 369,000 t | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 363,000 t | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 346,000 t | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 349,000 t | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 357,000 t | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 383,600 t | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 357,400 t | -6.8% |
| 2020 | 328,800 t | -8.0% |
| 2021 | 332,200 t | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 331,100 t | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 320,000 t | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 319,300 t | -0.2% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 319,300 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 121,765 t, 2.6× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Production in Japan 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 | +324.9% | 89,900 t | 382,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82,762 t | 77,571 t | 89,804 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 98,658 t | 91,398 t | 105,448 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 96,400 t | 89,800 t | 102,700 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 354,190 t | 89,900 t | 400,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 398,000 t | 365,000 t | 438,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 362,500 t | 346,000 t | 383,600 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 326,280 t | 319,300 t | 332,200 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 7 Bangladesh 437,652 t compare
- 8 Uganda 414,945 t compare
- 8 Melanesia 32,399 t compare
- 9 Argentina 356,753 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
More agriculture & rural data for Japan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0096 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 323.87 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.89 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.077 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — production in Japan?
- Tea leaves — production in Japan was 319,300 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — production recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 438,000 t in 2004.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — production recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 77,571 t in 1965.
- How does Japan rank for tea leaves — production?
- Japan ranks 10th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — production rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Japan 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.