Tea leaves — Yield in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Tea leaves — Yield was 751.5 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Yield in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tea leaves — yield in Middle Africa is 751.5 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 35.4% on the previous year and down 59.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — yield in Middle Africa peaked at 5,173 kg/ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 473.6 kg/ha, in 1987.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tea leaves — Yield in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 753.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 706.9 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1963 | 792.7 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1964 | 911.4 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1965 | 1,034 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1966 | 1,167 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1967 | 691.8 kg/ha | -40.7% |
| 1968 | 1,012 kg/ha | +46.3% |
| 1969 | 924.9 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1970 | 741.7 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1971 | 773.1 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 784 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 762.1 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1974 | 684.9 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1975 | 741.7 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1976 | 694.2 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1977 | 750.5 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1978 | 755.6 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 742.9 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 717.7 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1981 | 591.6 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1982 | 533.2 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1983 | 563.7 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1984 | 577.1 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 558.1 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 718.1 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 1987 | 473.6 kg/ha | -34.0% |
| 1988 | 608.7 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1989 | 523.3 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1990 | 612.4 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1991 | 1,643 kg/ha | +168.3% |
| 1992 | 1,714 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 1,946 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1994 | 2,517 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 1995 | 3,088 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1996 | 2,865 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1997 | 3,335 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1998 | 3,225 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 4,290 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 2000 | 4,469 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 5,092 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2002 | 5,173 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 3,574 kg/ha | -30.9% |
| 2004 | 3,385 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 3,403 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 3,190 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2007 | 2,950 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2008 | 2,786 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 2,602 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 2,394 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2011 | 1,831 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 2012 | 1,710 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2013 | 1,931 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2014 | 1,855 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 1,788 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 1,728 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 1,676 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 661.3 kg/ha | -60.5% |
| 2019 | 688 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 663.9 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 760.1 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2022 | 1,005 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 2023 | 1,163 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2024 | 751.5 kg/ha | -35.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Yield in Middle 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 | +168.3% | 612.4 kg/ha | 1,643 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 888.27 kg/ha | 691.8 kg/ha | 1,167 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 743.07 kg/ha | 684.9 kg/ha | 784 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 586.51 kg/ha | 473.6 kg/ha | 718.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,524 kg/ha | 612.4 kg/ha | 4,290 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,662 kg/ha | 2,602 kg/ha | 5,173 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,626 kg/ha | 661.3 kg/ha | 2,394 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 868.58 kg/ha | 663.9 kg/ha | 1,163 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 8 Brazil 9,715 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,346 kg/ha compare
- 9 Mauritius 9,660 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
- 13 Japan 9,097 kg/ha compare
- 14 Malaysia 8,316 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — yield in Middle Africa?
- Tea leaves — yield in Middle Africa was 751.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 5,173 kg/ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 473.6 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does Middle Africa rank for tea leaves — yield?
- Middle Africa ranks 11th out of 12 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — yield rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle 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.