Tea leaves — Yield in Uganda
Uganda: Tea leaves — Yield was 9,269 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Yield in Uganda, 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 Uganda is 9,269 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — yield in Uganda peaked at 9,298 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 425 kg/ha, in 1981.
Uganda ranks 11th 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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 927.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,109 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1963 | 979.4 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1964 | 1,065 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1965 | 1,146 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1966 | 1,402 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1967 | 1,405 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 1,516 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1969 | 1,763 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1970 | 1,767 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 1,200 kg/ha | -32.1% |
| 1972 | 1,603 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 1973 | 1,342 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1974 | 1,350 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 1,051 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1976 | 855.6 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1977 | 904.8 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1978 | 595.6 kg/ha | -34.2% |
| 1979 | 450 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1980 | 500 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 425 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1982 | 516 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1983 | 509 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 651.8 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 1985 | 639.8 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 476.4 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1987 | 487.6 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 487.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 582.3 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1990 | 609.5 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 5,000 kg/ha | +720.3% |
| 1992 | 4,989 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 4,973 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 4,959 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 4,918 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 4,923 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 4,488 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1998 | 5,650 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1999 | 7,099 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 2000 | 8,089 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2001 | 9,073 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2002 | 7,818 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2003 | 8,000 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 8,081 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 8,159 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 7,801 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 8,864 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2008 | 8,857 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 8,480 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 8,560 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 8,625 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 8,704 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 8,776 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 8,848 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 8,921 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 8,946 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 8,844 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 8,962 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 9,115 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 9,298 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 9,022 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 8,932 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 9,269 kg/ha | +3.8% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 9,269 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 5,536 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 9,269 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,489 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Yield in Uganda 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 | +720.3% | 609.5 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha |
| 1978 | -34.2% | 904.8 kg/ha | 595.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,257 kg/ha | 927.3 kg/ha | 1,763 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,112 kg/ha | 450 kg/ha | 1,767 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 527.57 kg/ha | 425 kg/ha | 651.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,761 kg/ha | 609.5 kg/ha | 7,099 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,322 kg/ha | 7,801 kg/ha | 9,073 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,819 kg/ha | 8,560 kg/ha | 9,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,127 kg/ha | 8,932 kg/ha | 9,298 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 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
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — yield in Uganda?
- Tea leaves — yield in Uganda was 9,269 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 9,298 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 425 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Uganda rank for tea leaves — yield?
- Uganda ranks 11th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — yield rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uganda 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.