Tea leaves — Production in South-Eastern Asia
South-Eastern Asia: Tea leaves — Production was 2.07 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Production in South-Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
South-Eastern Asia recorded 2.07 million t for tea leaves — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — production in South-Eastern Asia peaked at 2.07 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 89,939 t, in 1972.
That places South-Eastern Asia 8th 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 South-Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 92,435 t | — |
| 1962 | 95,939 t | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 91,631 t | -4.5% |
| 1964 | 95,108 t | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 104,251 t | +9.6% |
| 1966 | 98,246 t | -5.8% |
| 1967 | 99,415 t | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 103,442 t | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 99,958 t | -3.4% |
| 1970 | 93,147 t | -6.8% |
| 1971 | 90,747 t | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 89,939 t | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 100,246 t | +11.5% |
| 1974 | 99,404 t | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 105,305 t | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 108,483 t | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 120,034 t | +10.6% |
| 1978 | 130,564 t | +8.8% |
| 1979 | 133,853 t | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 144,160 t | +7.7% |
| 1981 | 147,661 t | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 136,713 t | -7.4% |
| 1983 | 159,387 t | +16.6% |
| 1984 | 176,394 t | +10.7% |
| 1985 | 179,966 t | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 183,102 t | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 177,918 t | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 189,603 t | +6.6% |
| 1989 | 196,895 t | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 217,382 t | +10.4% |
| 1991 | 813,905 t | +274.4% |
| 1992 | 891,800 t | +9.6% |
| 1993 | 953,875 t | +7.0% |
| 1994 | 860,843 t | -9.8% |
| 1995 | 920,564 t | +6.9% |
| 1996 | 1.01 million t | +9.4% |
| 1997 | 989,410 t | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 1.06 million t | +7.3% |
| 1999 | 1.10 million t | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 1.11 million t | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 1.16 million t | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 1.23 million t | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 1.31 million t | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 1.37 million t | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 1.43 million t | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 1.43 million t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.51 million t | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 1.58 million t | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 1.62 million t | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 1.67 million t | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 1.70 million t | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 1.72 million t | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 1.75 million t | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 1.81 million t | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 1.76 million t | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 1.85 million t | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 1.96 million t | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 1.95 million t | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 1.83 million t | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 1.93 million t | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 1.98 million t | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 2.02 million t | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 2.00 million t | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 2.07 million t | +3.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Production in South-Eastern Asia 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 | +274.4% | 217,382 t | 813,905 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 97,825 t | 91,631 t | 104,251 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 107,172 t | 89,939 t | 133,853 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 169,180 t | 136,713 t | 196,895 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 881,689 t | 217,382 t | 1.10 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.37 million t | 1.11 million t | 1.62 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.80 million t | 1.67 million t | 1.96 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.00 million t | 1.93 million t | 2.07 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South-Eastern Asia
- 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
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — production in South-Eastern Asia?
- Tea leaves — production in South-Eastern Asia was 2.07 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — production recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.07 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — production recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 89,939 t in 1972.
- How does South-Eastern Asia rank for tea leaves — production?
- South-Eastern Asia ranks 8th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — production rising or falling in South-Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South-Eastern Asia 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.