Tea leaves — Yield in Africa
Africa: Tea leaves — Yield was 9,395 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 9,395 kg/ha for tea leaves — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — yield in Africa peaked at 9,468 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 838.2 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Africa 5th out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tea leaves — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 853.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 840.4 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 838.2 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 864.9 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 896.7 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 1,049 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1967 | 954.4 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1968 | 1,033 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1969 | 1,071 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 1,056 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 960.3 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1972 | 1,136 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1973 | 1,110 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 1,042 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1975 | 1,028 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 1,007 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1977 | 1,160 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1978 | 1,140 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 1,229 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1980 | 1,180 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1981 | 1,167 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 1,251 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1983 | 1,304 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 1,348 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 1,539 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1986 | 1,528 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 1,560 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 1,643 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1989 | 1,752 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 1,715 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 6,904 kg/ha | +302.5% |
| 1992 | 6,524 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1993 | 7,346 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1994 | 7,142 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 7,916 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1996 | 7,850 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 6,979 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1998 | 8,625 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1999 | 7,808 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2000 | 7,796 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 8,829 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2002 | 8,251 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 8,385 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 9,006 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 8,705 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 8,328 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 9,414 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2008 | 8,744 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2009 | 8,001 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2010 | 9,046 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2011 | 8,028 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2012 | 7,872 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 8,138 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 8,127 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 7,359 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2016 | 8,058 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2017 | 7,458 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 7,650 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 6,688 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2020 | 9,443 kg/ha | +41.2% |
| 2021 | 9,170 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 9,089 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 9,468 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 9,395 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Yield in Africa 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 | +302.5% | 1,715 kg/ha | 6,904 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 933.5 kg/ha | 838.2 kg/ha | 1,071 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,087 kg/ha | 960.3 kg/ha | 1,229 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,427 kg/ha | 1,167 kg/ha | 1,752 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,881 kg/ha | 1,715 kg/ha | 8,625 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,546 kg/ha | 7,796 kg/ha | 9,414 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,842 kg/ha | 6,688 kg/ha | 9,046 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,313 kg/ha | 9,089 kg/ha | 9,468 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 2 Argentina 11,944 kg/ha compare
- 2 Viet Nam 10,214 kg/ha compare
- 3 Kenya 11,765 kg/ha compare
- 4 Zimbabwe 11,149 kg/ha compare
- 4 Melanesia 9,144 kg/ha compare
- 5 Ethiopia 10,755 kg/ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 7,494 kg/ha compare
- 6 Cameroon 10,418 kg/ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,031 kg/ha compare
- 7 India 10,036 kg/ha compare
- 8 Brazil 9,715 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — yield in Africa?
- Tea leaves — yield in Africa was 9,395 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9,468 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 838.2 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Africa rank for tea leaves — yield?
- Africa ranks 5th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tea leaves — Yield. 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.