Tea leaves — Yield in Thailand
Thailand: Tea leaves — Yield was 4,985 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Yield in Thailand, 1972–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tea leaves — yield in Thailand is 4,985 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — yield in Thailand peaked at 8,565 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 100 kg/ha, in 1972.
Thailand ranks 21st of 45 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.
Tea leaves — Yield in Thailand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 100 kg/ha | — |
| 1973 | 111.1 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 115.4 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 115.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 117.6 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 125 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1978 | 130.4 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 134.6 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 140.4 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 142.9 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 144.2 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 178.6 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1984 | 169.5 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1985 | 263.2 kg/ha | +55.3% |
| 1986 | 250 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1987 | 357.9 kg/ha | +43.2% |
| 1988 | 450.8 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1989 | 479.3 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1990 | 684.2 kg/ha | +42.7% |
| 1991 | 5,000 kg/ha | +630.8% |
| 1992 | 4,632 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1993 | 4,640 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 4,647 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 4,655 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 4,663 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 4,793 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 4,767 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 4,739 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 5,336 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2001 | 5,152 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 4,222 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2003 | 4,024 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 3,456 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2005 | 3,373 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 3,356 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 3,383 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 3,394 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 3,419 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 3,456 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 3,627 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 4,900 kg/ha | +35.1% |
| 2013 | 8,565 kg/ha | +74.8% |
| 2014 | 4,850 kg/ha | -43.4% |
| 2015 | 7,375 kg/ha | +52.1% |
| 2016 | 5,654 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2017 | 5,290 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2018 | 5,179 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 4,961 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 5,090 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 5,032 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 5,040 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 5,006 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 4,985 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 4,985 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,471 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 4,985 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6,351 kg/ha, 78% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Yield in Thailand 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 | +630.8% | 684.2 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha |
| 2013 | +74.8% | 4,900 kg/ha | 8,565 kg/ha |
| 1985 | +55.3% | 169.5 kg/ha | 263.2 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +52.1% | 4,850 kg/ha | 7,375 kg/ha |
| 2014 | -43.4% | 8,565 kg/ha | 4,850 kg/ha |
| 1987 | +43.2% | 250 kg/ha | 357.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 118.69 kg/ha | 100 kg/ha | 134.6 kg/ha | 8 |
| 1980s | 257.68 kg/ha | 140.4 kg/ha | 479.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,322 kg/ha | 684.2 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,912 kg/ha | 3,356 kg/ha | 5,336 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,386 kg/ha | 3,456 kg/ha | 8,565 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,031 kg/ha | 4,985 kg/ha | 5,090 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — yield in Thailand?
- Tea leaves — yield in Thailand was 4,985 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 8,565 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Thailand rank for tea leaves — yield?
- Thailand ranks 21st out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — yield rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand 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.