World Tea leaves production: country ranking and trends
World Tea leaves ranking with the latest FAOSTAT data, production, yields, harvested area and country detail pages.
World total (sum of available countries)32.73M t2024
Countries47
#1China16.26M t
10-year change+37.4 %2014 → 2024
What the data show
In 2024, the sum of available national Tea leaves production reaches 32.73M t. China ranks first with 16.26M t, about 49.7 % of the calculated world total. Over ten years, available world production changed by +37.4 %.
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Which country produces the most Tea leaves?
China ranks #1 for 2024 with 16.26M t.
How is the world total for Tea leaves calculated?
Terra Cultiva sums the available national observations for the same reference year.
Are these data real time?
No. Terra Cultiva is a historical observatory based on FAOSTAT releases; the latest available year is shown on each page.
World leaders
| Rank | Country | Production | World share |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | China | 16.26M t | 49.7 % |
| #2 | India | 6.16M t | 18.8 % |
| #3 | Kenya | 2.69M t | 8.2 % |
| #4 | Sri Lanka | 1.51M t | 4.6 % |
| #5 | Turkey | 1.41M t | 4.3 % |
| #6 | Vietnam | 1.15M t | 3.5 % |
| #7 | Indonesia | 658.0k t | 2.0 % |
| #8 | Bangladesh | 437.7k t | 1.3 % |
| #9 | Uganda | 414.9k t | 1.3 % |
| #10 | Argentina | 356.8k t | 1.1 % |
| #11 | Japan | 319.3k t | 1.0 % |
| #12 | Malawi | 247.7k t | 0.8 % |
| #13 | Rwanda | 160.6k t | 0.5 % |
| #14 | Nepal | 135.4k t | 0.4 % |
| #15 | Tanzania | 128.8k t | 0.4 % |
| #16 | Myanmar | 121.8k t | 0.4 % |
| #17 | Thailand | 106.6k t | 0.3 % |
| #18 | Iran | 80.0k t | 0.2 % |
| #19 | Ethiopia | 76.7k t | 0.2 % |
| #20 | Zimbabwe | 54.3k t | 0.2 % |
Production
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