Tea leaves — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Tea leaves — Yield was 5,632 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — yield in Sri Lanka stood at 5,632 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 30.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 8,154 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 740.5 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Sri Lanka 19th out of 45 countries 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 — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 868.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 885.6 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 924.7 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1964 | 912.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 949 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1966 | 921 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1967 | 910.9 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 929.7 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 909.9 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 877.6 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1971 | 901.1 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 863.6 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1973 | 872 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 842.5 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1975 | 884.4 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 817.2 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1977 | 861.8 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 818.4 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1979 | 853.8 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 782 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1981 | 858 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1982 | 775.6 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1983 | 740.5 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1984 | 913 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1985 | 924.2 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 947.8 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 963.1 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 1,024 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1989 | 931.9 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1990 | 1,051 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1991 | 4,723 kg/ha | +349.2% |
| 1992 | 3,507 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1993 | 5,111 kg/ha | +45.7% |
| 1994 | 5,622 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 5,657 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 5,993 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 6,321 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1998 | 6,446 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 6,313 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 7,038 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2001 | 6,789 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 6,400 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 6,258 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 6,299 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 6,483 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 6,351 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 6,238 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 6,244 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 5,681 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 7,929 kg/ha | +39.6% |
| 2011 | 7,884 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 7,952 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 8,154 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 8,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 7,550 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2016 | 7,251 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 8,048 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2018 | 7,406 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2019 | 5,629 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 2020 | 5,632 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 6,754 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2022 | 5,240 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 2023 | 5,564 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 5,632 kg/ha | +1.2% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 5,632 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,471 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Yield in Sri Lanka 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 | +349.2% | 1,051 kg/ha | 4,723 kg/ha |
| 1993 | +45.7% | 3,507 kg/ha | 5,111 kg/ha |
| 2010 | +39.6% | 5,681 kg/ha | 7,929 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 912.39 kg/ha | 868.6 kg/ha | 949 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 859.24 kg/ha | 817.2 kg/ha | 901.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 885.99 kg/ha | 740.5 kg/ha | 1,024 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,074 kg/ha | 1,051 kg/ha | 6,446 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,378 kg/ha | 5,681 kg/ha | 7,038 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,596 kg/ha | 5,629 kg/ha | 8,154 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,764 kg/ha | 5,240 kg/ha | 6,754 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Tea leaves — yield in Sri Lanka was 5,632 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 8,154 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 740.5 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for tea leaves — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 19th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
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.