Tea leaves — Yield in Mauritius
Mauritius: Tea leaves — Yield was 9,660 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Yield in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 9,660 kg/ha for tea leaves — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 10.4% on the previous year and down 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — yield in Mauritius peaked at 14,439 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 644.6 kg/ha, in 1964.
Mauritius ranks 9th 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 — Yield in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,206 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,042 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1963 | 1,091 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 644.6 kg/ha | -40.9% |
| 1965 | 918.1 kg/ha | +42.4% |
| 1966 | 905.2 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 906.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 880.3 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 1,086 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1970 | 948.5 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1971 | 1,124 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1972 | 1,293 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1973 | 1,118 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1974 | 993.5 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1975 | 648.6 kg/ha | -34.7% |
| 1976 | 1,032 kg/ha | +59.1% |
| 1977 | 810.7 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1978 | 887.4 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1979 | 1,226 kg/ha | +38.2% |
| 1980 | 1,120 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1981 | 1,278 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1982 | 1,392 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1983 | 1,575 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1984 | 2,029 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 1985 | 2,054 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 2,086 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 1,952 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1988 | 2,025 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 1,791 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1990 | 1,980 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1991 | 10,854 kg/ha | +448.2% |
| 1992 | 9,815 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1993 | 9,908 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 8,847 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1995 | 9,591 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1996 | 11,859 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1997 | 12,256 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 11,381 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 11,550 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 10,298 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2001 | 12,106 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2002 | 10,691 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2003 | 11,101 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 11,573 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 10,896 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 11,991 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2007 | 11,608 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 12,507 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 10,940 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2010 | 11,060 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 14,439 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 2012 | 12,407 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2013 | 12,247 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 11,786 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 11,882 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 11,738 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 11,751 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 12,280 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 12,697 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 7,654 kg/ha | -39.7% |
| 2021 | 7,349 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 9,637 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 2023 | 10,785 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2024 | 9,660 kg/ha | -10.4% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 9,660 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,471 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 9,660 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,489 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Yield in Mauritius 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 | +448.2% | 1,980 kg/ha | 10,854 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 964.44 kg/ha | 644.6 kg/ha | 1,206 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,008 kg/ha | 648.6 kg/ha | 1,293 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,730 kg/ha | 1,120 kg/ha | 2,086 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,804 kg/ha | 1,980 kg/ha | 12,256 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,371 kg/ha | 10,298 kg/ha | 12,507 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,229 kg/ha | 11,060 kg/ha | 14,439 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,017 kg/ha | 7,349 kg/ha | 10,785 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 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
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,346 kg/ha compare
- 10 Ecuador 9,275 kg/ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,379 kg/ha compare
- 11 Uganda 9,269 kg/ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 60.7 kg/ha compare
- 12 Papua New Guinea 9,144 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0462 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 599.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1976 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6096 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — yield in Mauritius?
- Tea leaves — yield in Mauritius was 9,660 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — yield recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 14,439 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — yield recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 644.6 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Mauritius rank for tea leaves — yield?
- Mauritius ranks 9th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — yield rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.