Tea Consumption by Country

In 2023, China had the largest listed packed-tea food supply among 118 reporters, at 3,541,100 tonnes, while Sri Lanka had the highest per-capita figure at 33.00 grams per person per day. The 2023 listed total was 6,945,347 tonnes, with India second at 1,327,500 tonnes and Kenya third at 437,015 tonnes. The series spans 2019 through 2023, although some reporters have missing values for individual years.

China leads the 2023 ranking at 3,541,100 tonnes, 2.67 times India at 1,327,500 tonnes. Sri Lanka tops the per-capita ranking at 33.00 grams per person per day, ahead of Kenya at 22.00 grams.

Tea Food Supply at a Glance

• China had the largest listed packed-tea food supply in 2023 at 3,541,100 tonnes.
• India ranked second at 1,327,500 tonnes, followed by Kenya at 437,015 tonnes.
• Sri Lanka had the highest per-capita food supply at 33.00 grams per person per day.
• The 2023 listed total was 6,945,347 tonnes across 118 reporters with reported values.
• Among 30 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed packed-tea food supply increased by 750,987 tonnes, or 22.8 percent.
• The FAO Food element measures food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually drunk.

Key Takeaways

China remained far ahead of the other reporters in 2023, with India second and Kenya third at 437,015 tonnes. Vietnam and Sri Lanka followed the top three, while Türkiye ranked sixth at 270,872 tonnes. Sri Lanka's 33.00 grams per person per day lead the per-capita ranking, followed by Kenya at 22.00 grams.

Between 2022 and 2023, listed supply across the 118 reporters with data in both years rose by 58,668 tonnes, or 0.9 percent. China and Türkiye accounted for most of the largest increases, while Kenya and India recorded notable declines. Since 2019, the 30-reporter common universe has grown 22.8 percent, though 2019 coverage in this item is thin: 88 reporters joined by 2023 with a combined 2,894,014 tonnes. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Supply Utilization Accounts and should not be interpreted as the amount of tea actually drunk.

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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

Tea Consumption by Country in 2023

The 2023 table is led by China, whose listed food supply of packed tea reached 3,541,100 tonnes. India followed with 1,327,500 tonnes and Kenya with 437,015 tonnes. Vietnam and Sri Lanka completed the top five at 282,150 and 272,732 tonnes, respectively.

China holds 51.0 percent of the 6,945,347-tonne listed total. The top three reporters accounted for 76.4 percent of the listed total, while the top five represented 84.4 percent and the top ten 93.4 percent. Türkiye ranks sixth at 270,872 tonnes, equal to 9.00 grams per person per day or about 3.29 kilograms per person per year.

China Adds 199,000 Tonnes as Supply Grows 0.9 Percent Between 2022 and 2023

Among the 118 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 6,886,679 tonnes to 6,945,347 tonnes, a gain of 58,668 tonnes (0.9 percent). The 2022 and 2023 listed totals come from the same 118 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. China added 199,000 tonnes (up 6.0 percent), Türkiye added 25,099 tonnes (up 10.2 percent), Sri Lanka added 21,233 tonnes (up 8.4 percent) and Vietnam added 7,668 tonnes (up 2.8 percent), while Kenya fell 97,985 tonnes (down 18.3 percent), India fell 45,335 tonnes (down 3.3 percent), Iran fell 8,186 tonnes (down 25.6 percent), Argentina fell 8,300 tonnes (down 10.5 percent).

Thirty-Reporter Core Grows 22.8 Percent Since 2019 as Coverage Widens

For the 30 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 3,300,346 tonnes to 4,051,333 tonnes, a gain of 750,987 tonnes (22.8 percent). The 2019 total includes 31 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 118; Cuba, with 15 tonnes in 2019, had no reported 2023 value, while 88 reporters joined with a combined 2,894,014 tonnes. China added 763,900 tonnes (up 27.5 percent), Sri Lanka fell 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 fell 5,412 tonnes (down 84.6 percent), Zimbabwe fell 2,466 tonnes (down 16.2 percent) and Laos added 1,577 tonnes (up 113.3 percent).

The thin 2019 coverage means the long change mixes real growth with newly reporting reporters, so the 2022-2023 window gives the cleaner read. Per capita, Sri Lanka's 33.00 grams per person per day lead Kenya at 22.00 grams, with Türkiye third at 9.00 grams.

What Does the Tea Food Supply Measure?

For FAO Supply Utilization Accounts, the figure used here is packed green and black tea in immediate packings, recorded under the Food element as available for human consumption. It represents food available for human consumption during the reference year rather than a direct estimate of the amount of tea people actually drank. Bulk tea leaves, herbal teas and tea extracts recorded under separate items sit outside this figure.

The per-capita figure expresses the same food supply on a population basis, in grams per person per day. A country's total quantity and per-capita value therefore answer different questions: total quantity shows the size of the listed food supply, while the per-capita measure adjusts it for population.

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tea Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, according to FAO Supply Utilization Accounts, China had the largest listed packed-tea food supply among the 118 reporters with reported values, at 3,541,100 tonnes. India ranked second at 1,327,500 tonnes, while Kenya ranked third at 437,015 tonnes. Sri Lanka had the highest per-capita tea food supply at 33.00 grams per person per day. These FAO figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of tea actually drunk.

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals use FAO Supply Utilization Accounts food supply quantity (Element 5141, tonnes), while the per-capita figures use food supply quantity (Element 665, g/capita/day) for packed green and black tea from 2019 through 2023. The Food element represents the quantity available for human consumption during the reference period. It is not a direct measure of the amount actually drunk, as additional losses or waste may occur after food reaches the consumer. No percentage change is shown where the base-year value is zero.

The reporter universe for this item contains 119 reporters. The tables list reporters only; aggregate rows such as World and regions are excluded. For year-to-year comparisons, only reporters with values in both endpoint years are included in the arithmetic. A zero indicates a displayed value of zero, while an empty cell indicates that no value is available for that reporter and year. The 2019 comparison universe is small because many reporters lack a 2019 value in this item; 88 reporters joined by 2023.

Quantities are shown in tonnes as reported, without additional rounding. The FAO dataset reports the Food element in tonnes and food supply quantity in grams per capita per day. The 2023 listed total of 6,945,347 tonnes is the sum of the 118 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.