Packaged Tea Consumption by Country

China led the 2023 packaged tea food supply ranking with 3,541,100 tonnes, accounting for 51.0 percent of the annual listed food supply total. India followed at 1,327,500 tonnes and Kenya at 437,015, while Sri Lanka recorded the highest food supply per person at 33 grams per day. The 2023 figures total 6,945,347 tonnes across 119 countries, 118 with values, covering food available for human consumption from FAO Supply Utilization Accounts for 2019-2023.

Matched countries inched 0.9 percent higher in the latest year, while the narrow 2019–2023 comparison rose 22.8 percent. China drove the latest gain as Kenya declined.

Key Findings

In 2023, China had the largest reported packaged tea food supply at 3,541,100 tonnes, accounting for 51.0 percent of the listed total. India ranked second at 1,327,500 tonnes and Kenya third at 437,015 tonnes. Sri Lanka ranked first by food supply per person at 33 grams per person per day, followed by Kenya at 22 grams and Türkiye at 9 grams. The 2023 listed total was 6,945,347 tonnes. These figures represent food available for human consumption in FAO Supply Utilization Accounts and do not measure actual tea drinking or individual intake.

Vietnam placed fourth at 282,150 tonnes, with Sri Lanka fifth at 272,732 and Türkiye sixth at 270,872. Indonesia, Bangladesh, Argentina and Uganda closed the top ten between 67,180 and 122,680 tonnes. The top three held 76.4 percent of the annual listed food supply total, and the top five 84.4 percent.

• China's packaged tea supply rises: up 199,000 tonnes, or 6.0 percent, the biggest latest-year gain.
• Kenya's packaged tea supply falls: down 97,985 tonnes, or 18.3 percent, slipping to third.
• India's packaged tea supply declines: down 45,335 tonnes, or 3.3 percent, holding second.
• Türkiye's packaged tea supply rises: up 25,099 tonnes, or 10.2 percent, firming sixth place.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	China CN	3.54M	7
2	India IN	1.33M	3
3	Kenya KE	437.02K	22
4	Vietnam VN	282.15K	8
5	Sri Lanka LK	272.73K	33
6	Türkiye TR	270.87K	9
7	Indonesia ID	122.68K	1
8	Bangladesh BD	93.21K	1
9	Argentina AR	70.4K	4
10	Uganda UG	67.18K	4
11	Pakistan PK	56.62K	1
12	Malawi MW	43.93K	6
13	Myanmar MM	31.15K	2
14	Nepal NP	25.53K	2
15	Russia RU	23.84K	0
16	Iran IR	23.81K	1
17	Tanzania TZ	23.78K	1
18	United States US	21.59K	0
19	United Kingdom GB	20.01K	1
20	Egypt EG	19.87K	0
21	Iraq IQ	19.2K	1
22	Thailand TH	16.17K	1
23	Zimbabwe ZW	12.73K	2
24	Malaysia MY	10.81K	1
25	Uzbekistan UZ	8.14K	1
26	Ethiopia ET	8.11K	0
27	Kazakhstan KZ	7.17K	1
28	Papua New Guinea PG	7.1K	2
29	Germany DE	6.42K	0
30	Cameroon CM	5.52K	1
31	Algeria DZ	5.11K	0
32	Yemen YE	4.77K	0
33	South Africa ZA	4.08K	0
34	Chile CL	3.84K	1
35	Canada CA	3.52K	0
36	Poland PL	3.37K	0
37	Hong Kong HK	3.2K	1
38	Laos LA	2.97K	1
39	Ukraine UA	2.8K	0
40	Senegal SN	2.4K	0
41	Ecuador EC	2.35K	0
42	Kyrgyzstan KG	1.79K	1
43	Syria SY	1.74K	0
44	Ireland IE	1.66K	1
45	Nigeria NG	1.44K	0
46	Italy IT	1.39K	0
47	Mauritius MU	1.35K	3
48	Sierra Leone SL	1.28K	0
49	Burkina Faso BF	1.26K	0
50	United Arab Emirates AE	1.21K	0
51	Tajikistan TJ	1.19K	0
52	Jordan JO	1.08K	0
53	Mozambique MZ	988	0
54	Belarus BY	960	0
55	Kuwait KW	949	1
56	Oman OM	927	1
57	Turkmenistan TM	816	0
58	South Korea KR	813	0
59	Ivory Coast CI	747	0
60	Georgia GE	708	1
61	Austria AT	563	0
62	Lebanon LB	561	0
63	Peru PE	502	0
64	Gambia GM	489	0
65	Brazil BR	463	0
66	New Zealand NZ	396	0
67	Bolivia BO	391	0
68	Albania AL	358	0
69	Belgium BE	357	0
70	Mexico MX	325	0
71	Ghana GH	289	0
72	Namibia NA	252	0
73	Israel IL	222	0
74	Norway NO	213	0
75	Greece GR	208	0
76	Moldova MD	195	0
77	El Salvador SV	177	0
78	Bulgaria BG	169	0
79	Congo CG	169	0
80	Guatemala GT	160	0
81	Eswatini SZ	136	0
82	Hungary HU	133	0
83	Lesotho LS	125	0
84	Lithuania LT	123	0
85	Armenia AM	114	0
86	Cyprus CY	100	0
87	Panama PA	98	0
88	Madagascar MG	95	0
89	Romania RO	90	0
90	Uruguay UY	88	0
91	Colombia CO	84	0
92	Angola AO	79	0
93	Guyana GY	74	0
94	Paraguay PY	70	0
95	Estonia EE	64	0
96	Dominican Republic DO	55	0
97	Costa Rica CR	41	0
98	North Macedonia MK	36	0
99	Belize BZ	34	0
100	Bahamas BS	29	0
101	Antigua and Barbuda AG	28	1
102	Venezuela VE	28	0
103	Luxembourg LU	26	0
104	Seychelles SC	26	1
105	Grenada GD	15	0
106	Serbia RS	13	0
107	Timor-Leste TL	10	0
108	Djibouti DJ	9	0
109	Kiribati KI	8	0
110	Saint Lucia LC	8	0
111	Cape Verde CV	6	0
112	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	6	0
113	Vanuatu VU	3	0
114	Nauru NR	1	0
115	Sao Tome and Principe ST	1	0
116	Tonga TO	1	0
117	Comoros KM	0	0
118	Netherlands NL	0	0

China Gains While Kenya and India Decline

China added 199,000 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, up 6.0 percent to 3,541,100 tonnes. Türkiye added 25,099 tonnes, up 10.2 percent. Sri Lanka added 21,233 tonnes, up 8.4 percent. Vietnam added 7,668 tonnes, up 2.8 percent. Kenya lost 97,985 tonnes, down 18.3 percent. India gave up 45,335 tonnes, down 3.3 percent. Argentina shed 8,300 tonnes, down 10.5 percent. Iran fell 8,186 tonnes, down 25.6 percent. The 118 countries present in both years inched from 6,886,679 tonnes to 6,945,347 tonnes, up 58,668 tonnes, or 0.9 percent, with no entries or exits.

Why the Five-Year Comparison Is So Narrow

Between 2019 and 2023, only 30 countries appear in both years, growing from 3,300,346 tonnes to 4,051,333 tonnes, up 750,987 tonnes, or 22.8 percent. China added 763,900 tonnes, up 27.5 percent, accounting for 101.7 percent of that narrow gain. Sri Lanka lost 27,388 tonnes, down 9.1 percent. Pakistan added 8,952 tonnes, up 18.8 percent. Uganda added 6,843 tonnes, up 11.3 percent. Argentina added 5,942 tonnes, up 9.2 percent. Mozambique shed 5,412 tonnes, down 84.6 percent. Zimbabwe gave up 2,466 tonnes, down 16.2 percent. Laos added 1,577 tonnes, up 113.3 percent. One country left with 15 tonnes, while 88 countries with no reported 2019 value supplied 2,894,014 tonnes.

Sri Lanka Leads Packaged Tea Supply per Person

Sri Lanka's 33 grams a day beat Kenya's 22 in second and Türkiye's 9 in third. Vietnam sat fourth at 8 grams, with China at 7 and Malawi at 6. Argentina, Uganda, India and Mauritius followed below five grams. China pairs first-place tonnage with fifth-place per-person supply.

What the Packaged Tea Data Covers

Green, black and partly fermented tea in immediate packings up to three kilograms, for human consumption, is counted in tonnes and daily grams per person for each reporting country over 2019-2023. Annual totals sum reporting countries only. The 2019–2023 comparison uses only countries with reported values in both years, so it should not be interpreted as a change in the full 2023 reporting universe. The short window covers nearly everyone.

Kenya, India and Türkiye have no reported 2019 values; they reported 437,015, 1,327,500 and 270,872 tonnes respectively in 2023. Mozambique's 84.6 percent five-year fall ends far above zero.

Packaged Tea Consumption by Country

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#	Country	2019 (t)	2019 (g/cap/d)	2020 (t)	2020 (g/cap/d)	2021 (t)	2021 (g/cap/d)	2022 (t)	2022 (g/cap/d)	2023 (t)	2023 (g/cap/d)
1	China	2.78M	5	2.93M	6	3.16M	6	3.34M	6	3.54M	7
2	India	-	-	1.26M	2	1.35M	3	1.37M	3	1.33M	3
3	Kenya	-	-	569.5K	30	537.8K	28	535K	27	437.02K	22
4	Vietnam	-	-	243.1K	7	253.7K	7	274.48K	8	282.15K	8
5	Sri Lanka	300.12K	37	278.49K	34	299.49K	36	251.5K	30	272.73K	33
6	Türkiye	-	-	283.5K	9	290K	9	245.77K	8	270.87K	9
7	Indonesia	-	-	144.06K	1	137.84K	1	124.66K	1	122.68K	1
8	Bangladesh	-	-	89.93K	1	90.33K	1	98.15K	2	93.21K	1
9	Argentina	64.45K	4	73.89K	4	81.87K	5	78.7K	5	70.4K	4
10	Uganda	60.34K	4	75.69K	5	81.68K	5	68.67K	4	67.18K	4
11	Pakistan	47.67K	1	50.07K	1	60.36K	1	58.64K	1	56.62K	1
12	Malawi	-	-	45.2K	6	50.6K	7	47.8K	6	43.93K	6
13	Myanmar	-	-	23K	1	10.23K	1	26.65K	1	31.15K	2
14	Nepal	-	-	24.12K	2	23.8K	2	24.7K	2	25.53K	2
15	Russia	-	-	31.49K	1	32K	1	31.14K	1	23.84K	0
16	Iran	-	-	-	-	32K	1	32K	1	23.81K	1
17	Tanzania	-	-	28.72K	1	26.17K	1	25.3K	1	23.78K	1
18	United States	-	-	22.37K	0	24.29K	0	25.11K	0	21.59K	0
19	United Kingdom	-	-	26.59K	1	22.03K	1	23.92K	1	20.01K	1
20	Egypt	-	-	17.77K	0	17.09K	0	21.57K	1	19.87K	0
21	Iraq	-	-	-	-	-	-	16.8K	1	19.2K	1
22	Thailand	15K	1	15K	1	15K	1	15K	1	16.17K	1
23	Zimbabwe	15.2K	3	15K	3	15.3K	3	14.4K	2	12.73K	2
24	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	6.73K	1	9.66K	1	10.81K	1
25	Uzbekistan	-	-	7.51K	1	6.52K	1	7.18K	1	8.14K	1
26	Ethiopia	-	-	-	-	2.06K	0	6.9K	0	8.11K	0
27	Kazakhstan	-	-	-	-	6.82K	1	5.74K	1	7.17K	1
28	Papua New Guinea	-	-	-	-	-	-	7K	2	7.1K	2
29	Germany	-	-	-	-	6.06K	0	7K	0	6.42K	0
30	Cameroon	-	-	4.02K	0	1.21K	0	5.6K	1	5.52K	1
31	Algeria	-	-	-	-	3.33K	0	3.12K	0	5.11K	0
32	Yemen	5K	0	4K	0	4.3K	0	5.04K	0	4.77K	0
33	South Africa	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5K	0	4.08K	0
34	Chile	-	-	5.47K	1	4.53K	1	4.87K	1	3.84K	1
35	Canada	-	-	3.48K	0	4.02K	0	3.62K	0	3.52K	0
36	Poland	-	-	-	-	3.96K	0	4.34K	0	3.37K	0
37	Hong Kong	-	-	-	-	3.27K	1	3.36K	1	3.2K	1
38	Laos	1.39K	1	1.7K	1	67	0	3.6K	1	2.97K	1
39	Ukraine	-	-	3.96K	0	3.68K	0	2.87K	0	2.8K	0
40	Senegal	-	-	1K	0	1.18K	0	2.14K	0	2.4K	0
41	Ecuador	-	-	-	-	232	0	2.33K	0	2.35K	0
42	Kyrgyzstan	-	-	-	-	1.62K	1	2.24K	1	1.79K	1
43	Syria	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.45K	0	1.74K	0
44	Ireland	2.43K	1	2.29K	1	1.87K	1	1.99K	1	1.66K	1
45	Nigeria	-	-	1.2K	0	965	0	1.61K	0	1.44K	0
46	Italy	-	-	1.44K	0	1.5K	0	1.56K	0	1.39K	0
47	Mauritius	-	-	-	-	1.1K	2	1.16K	2	1.35K	3
48	Sierra Leone	-	-	156	0	150	0	1.26K	0	1.28K	0
49	Burkina Faso	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.48K	0	1.26K	0
50	United Arab Emirates	-	-	-	-	1.27K	0	1.79K	0	1.21K	0
51	Tajikistan	-	-	1.44K	0	1.34K	0	1.35K	0	1.19K	0
52	Jordan	1.46K	0	2.05K	1	799	0	845	0	1.08K	0
53	Mozambique	6.4K	1	6.8K	1	483	0	555	0	988	0
54	Belarus	-	-	-	-	1.08K	0	1.06K	0	960	0
55	Kuwait	-	-	-	-	0	0	1.15K	1	949	1
56	Oman	500	0	1.9K	1	1.1K	1	1.47K	1	927	1
57	Turkmenistan	-	-	-	-	967	0	851	0	816	0
58	South Korea	-	-	-	-	764	0	830	0	813	0
59	Ivory Coast	-	-	700	0	1.08K	0	960	0	747	0
60	Georgia	-	-	-	-	680	0	2.93K	2	708	1
61	Austria	-	-	-	-	465	0	464	0	563	0
62	Lebanon	745	0	682	0	862	0	541	0	561	0
63	Peru	-	-	720	0	696	0	747	0	502	0
64	Gambia	1.4K	2	900	1	700	1	326	0	489	0
65	Brazil	-	-	205	0	464	0	463	0	463	0
66	New Zealand	-	-	-	-	680	0	370	0	396	0
67	Bolivia	-	-	449	0	445	0	412	0	391	0
68	Albania	-	-	7	0	2	0	290	0	358	0
69	Belgium	476	0	543	0	1.51K	0	193	0	357	0
70	Mexico	-	-	-	-	279	0	348	0	325	0
71	Ghana	-	-	377	0	6.57K	1	6.58K	1	289	0
72	Namibia	-	-	240	0	320	0	270	0	252	0
73	Israel	216	0	360	0	336	0	349	0	222	0
74	Norway	-	-	645	0	240	0	215	0	213	0
75	Greece	-	-	-	-	170	0	176	0	208	0
76	Moldova	200	0	200	0	200	0	209	0	195	0
77	El Salvador	-	-	168	0	175	0	170	0	177	0
78	Bulgaria	-	-	115	0	173	0	186	0	169	0
79	Congo	-	-	-	-	72	0	42	0	169	0
80	Guatemala	-	-	146	0	138	0	138	0	160	0
81	Eswatini	-	-	158	0	143	0	145	0	136	0
82	Hungary	-	-	155	0	161	0	160	0	133	0
83	Lesotho	-	-	-	-	433	1	488	1	125	0
84	Lithuania	-	-	135	0	138	0	153	0	123	0
85	Armenia	-	-	-	-	92	0	83	0	114	0
86	Cyprus	-	-	78	0	72	0	110	0	100	0
87	Panama	-	-	114	0	161	0	97	0	98	0
88	Madagascar	-	-	76	0	92	0	94	0	95	0
89	Romania	-	-	96	0	72	0	126	0	90	0
90	Uruguay	-	-	-	-	108	0	90	0	88	0
91	Colombia	-	-	-	-	100	0	100	0	84	0
92	Angola	-	-	-	-	-	-	348	0	79	0
93	Guyana	56	0	67	0	67	0	65	0	74	0
94	Paraguay	-	-	-	-	-	-	53	0	70	0
95	Estonia	-	-	-	-	79	0	88	0	64	0
96	Dominican Republic	-	-	50	0	55	0	66	0	55	0
97	Costa Rica	-	-	54	0	40	0	64	0	41	0
98	North Macedonia	-	-	100	0	15	0	121	0	36	0
99	Belize	-	-	-	-	-	-	65	0	34	0
100	Bahamas	-	-	21	0	30	0	46	0	29	0
101	Antigua and Barbuda	17	1	6	0	35	1	19	1	28	1
102	Venezuela	-	-	-	-	12	0	46	0	28	0
103	Luxembourg	-	-	34	0	34	0	31	0	26	0
104	Seychelles	32	1	39	1	24	1	34	1	26	1
105	Grenada	2	0	12	0	8	0	9	0	15	0
106	Serbia	12	0	14	0	14	0	16	0	13	0
107	Timor-Leste	-	-	-	-	28	0	18	0	10	0
108	Djibouti	3	0	-	-	0	0	36	0	9	0
109	Kiribati	3	0	18	0	11	0	12	0	8	0
110	Saint Lucia	-	-	22	0	4	0	8	0	8	0
111	Cape Verde	6	0	7	0	4	0	6	0	6	0
112	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6	0	6	0	3	0	3	0	6	0
113	Vanuatu	5	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	3	0
114	Nauru	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
115	Sao Tome and Principe	-	-	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
116	Tonga	3	0	3	0	2	0	4	0	1	0
117	Comoros	-	-	2	0	2	0	61	0	0	0
118	Netherlands	-	-	-	-	2.01K	0	2.05K	0	0	0
119	Cuba	15	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Methodology

FAO Supply Utilization Accounts record tonnage for human consumption as element 5141 and daily grams per person as element 665, shown for packaged tea, short for green, black and partly fermented tea in immediate packings up to three kilograms, across 2019-2023. Percentages reference the earlier year, and no percentage is calculated when that base is zero. The universe embraces 119 countries after aggregates are excluded, 118 with 2023 values. Only countries with values at both endpoints enter comparisons, which limits the long window to 30 countries. The 2023 listed total is the sum of every country with a 2023 value. A reported zero is kept, a blank is missing, and under-1,000 values keep two decimals.