Tea leaves — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Tea leaves — Production was 6.02 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) recorded 6.02 million t for tea leaves — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 6.27 million t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 292,491 t, in 1961.
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th of 20 groups 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 292,491 t | — |
| 1962 | 299,622 t | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 310,935 t | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 319,394 t | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 334,861 t | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 348,941 t | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 343,375 t | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 360,596 t | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 370,616 t | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 371,620 t | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 355,526 t | -4.3% |
| 1972 | 389,965 t | +9.7% |
| 1973 | 403,967 t | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 397,078 t | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 403,915 t | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 398,476 t | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 450,956 t | +13.2% |
| 1978 | 444,223 t | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 449,297 t | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 423,072 t | -5.8% |
| 1981 | 446,594 t | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 440,261 t | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 448,532 t | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 475,899 t | +6.1% |
| 1985 | 520,358 t | +9.3% |
| 1986 | 499,101 t | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 506,431 t | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 539,235 t | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 543,566 t | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 583,646 t | +7.4% |
| 1991 | 2.61 million t | +346.8% |
| 1992 | 2.24 million t | -14.2% |
| 1993 | 2.67 million t | +19.5% |
| 1994 | 2.70 million t | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 2.86 million t | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 2.98 million t | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 2.95 million t | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 3.33 million t | +12.9% |
| 1999 | 3.17 million t | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 3.22 million t | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 3.49 million t | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 3.57 million t | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 3.59 million t | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 3.80 million t | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 3.84 million t | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 3.75 million t | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 4.07 million t | +8.8% |
| 2008 | 4.02 million t | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 3.85 million t | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 4.73 million t | +22.9% |
| 2011 | 4.56 million t | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 4.63 million t | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 5.02 million t | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 5.11 million t | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 4.83 million t | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 4.96 million t | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 4.93 million t | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 5.24 million t | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 5.08 million t | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 6.27 million t | +23.3% |
| 2021 | 5.99 million t | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 5.63 million t | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 5.81 million t | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 6.02 million t | +3.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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 | +346.8% | 583,646 t | 2.61 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 331,203 t | 292,491 t | 370,616 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 406,502 t | 355,526 t | 450,956 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 484,305 t | 423,072 t | 543,566 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.61 million t | 583,646 t | 3.33 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.72 million t | 3.22 million t | 4.07 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.91 million t | 4.56 million t | 5.24 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.94 million t | 5.63 million t | 6.27 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 1 China 16.30 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 16.26 million t compare
- 3 India 6.16 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
- 7 Bangladesh 437,652 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Tea leaves — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 6.02 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.27 million t in 2020.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 292,491 t in 1961.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for tea leaves — production?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — production rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.