Tea leaves — Yield in China
China: Tea leaves — Yield was 4,471 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China recorded 4,471 kg/ha for tea leaves — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — yield in China peaked at 5,243 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 254.5 kg/ha, in 1975.
China ranks 29th of 51 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 307.93 kg/ha | 267.1 kg/ha | 340.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 282.57 kg/ha | 254.5 kg/ha | 314.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 490.5 kg/ha | 307.5 kg/ha | 674.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,814 kg/ha | 667.3 kg/ha | 3,394 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,867 kg/ha | 3,397 kg/ha | 4,437 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,428 kg/ha | 3,894 kg/ha | 4,868 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,515 kg/ha | 4,101 kg/ha | 5,243 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 26 Thailand 4,985 kg/ha compare
- 27 Rwanda 4,582 kg/ha compare
- 28 China, mainland 4,478 kg/ha compare
- 30 Portugal 4,424 kg/ha compare
- 31 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,346 kg/ha compare
- 32 China, Taiwan Province of 2,768 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 33.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 473.41 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — yield in China?
- Tea leaves — yield in China was 4,471 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 5,243 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 254.5 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does China rank for tea leaves — yield?
- China ranks 29th out of 51 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China 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.