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Production of tea worldwide 2006-2016, by country

Tea production worldwide from 2006 to 2016, by leading country (in metric tons)

The data displays the production of tea from 2006 to 2016 worldwide, broken down by major producing countries. China produced approx. 2.35 million metric tons of tea in 2016, up from about 1.02 billion metric tons in 2006. Indonesia, India, China, Sri Lanka and Kenya were rated as the world’s biggest tea-exporting countries.

Tea Tea is one of the most popular drinks in the world, second only to water. There are over a thousand different varieties, the most common of which can be classified as white, green, oolong, and black.

2006 139761 310822 310607 955907 1020000
2007 149510 304613 369606 944912 1094000
2008 143312 317695 345817 980818 1160000
2009 136481 289778 314198 978999 1310000
2010 129200 329382 399006 966403 1370000
2011 123700 328370 377912 988328 1550000
2012 130500 326278 369562 1111760 1915000
2013 134000 340229 432453 1200040 1850000
2014 132000 338032 445105 1184800 1980000
2015 129293 328961 399210 1191000 2230000
2016 125500 292362 474808 1239190 2350000