Based on a comparison of 45 countries in 2022, China ranked the highest in tea production with 14,530,800 tonnes followed by India and Kenya. On the other end of the scale was Seychelles with 7.00 tonnes, Russia with 81.2 tonnes and Mali with 92.5 tonnes.
Total tea production reached 29,760,668 tonnes in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 1.69 % less than in the previous year and 28.0 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total tea production reached an all time high of 30,265,018 tonnes in 2021 and an all time low of 983,785 tonnes in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 5.75 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, China, accounted for 48.8 % of tea production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 76.7 % share while the ten largest countries some 95.3 % in 2022.
Data for more countries are available at Tea Production indicator page.
| Tea Production | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Argentina | tonnes | 370,000 | 354,000 | 360,000 | 362,000 | 335,225 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bangladesh | tonnes | 280,000 | 356,000 | 340,000 | 394,000 | 412,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | tonnes | 10,480,000 | 11,100,000 | 11,800,000 | 12,600,000 | 12,747,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | tonnes | 5,437,000 | 5,761,000 | 5,820,000 | 6,044,000 | 5,485,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | tonnes | 626,000 | 636,000 | 610,000 | 560,000 | 626,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | tonnes | 349,000 | 357,000 | 375,000 | 355,000 | 328,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | tonnes | 2,057,000 | 1,912,000 | 2,143,000 | 1,995,000 | 3,050,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malawi | tonnes | 188,000 | 198,000 | 220,000 | 210,000 | 253,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | tonnes | 111,000 | 121,000 | 135,000 | 134,378 | 140,005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | tonnes | 1,570,000 | 1,630,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,490,000 | 1,500,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | tonnes | 142,000 | 117,000 | 148,000 | 162,000 | 125,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | tonnes | 64,734 | 79,393 | 93,084 | 96,537 | 103,420 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | tonnes | 1,350,000 | 1,300,000 | 1,480,534 | 1,407,448 | 1,417,685 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | tonnes | 234,000 | 218,000 | 323,000 | 262,000 | 390,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | tonnes | 1,033,767 | 1,121,066 | 1,081,166 | 1,017,619 | 1,064,993 |
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