List of countries by tea consumption per capita

This is a list of countries ordered by annual per capita consumption of tea, as of 2016^[update].^[1]

Rank	Country/Region	Tea consumption
1	Turkey	3.16 kg (6.96 lb)
2	Ireland	2.36 kg (5.21 lb)
3	United Kingdom	1.82 kg (4.01 lb)
4	Iran[2]	1.50 kg (3.30 lb)
5	Pakistan[3]	1.50 kg (3.30 lb)
6	Russia	1.38 kg (3.05 lb)
7	Morocco	1.22 kg (2.68 lb)
8	New Zealand	1.19 kg (2.63 lb)
9	Chile[4]	1.19 kg (2.62 lb)
10	Egypt	1.01 kg (2.23 lb)
11	Poland	1.00 kg (2.20 lb)
12	Japan	0.97 kg (2.13 lb)
13	Saudi Arabia	0.90 kg (1.98 lb)
14	South Africa	0.81 kg (1.79 lb)
15	Netherlands	0.78 kg (1.72 lb)
16	Australia	0.75 kg (1.65 lb)
17	United Arab Emirates	0.72 kg (1.59 lb)
18	Germany	0.69 kg (1.52 lb)
19	Hong Kong	0.65 kg (1.43 lb)
20	Ukraine	0.58 kg (1.28 lb)
21	China	0.57 kg (1.25 lb)
22	Canada	0.51 kg (1.12 lb)
23	Malaysia	0.48 kg (1.06 lb)
24	Indonesia	0.46 kg (1.01 lb)
25	Switzerland	0.44 kg (0.97 lb)
26	Czech Republic	0.42 kg (0.93 lb)
27	Singapore	0.37 kg (0.81 lb)
28	Slovakia	0.36 kg (0.80 lb)
29	India	0.33 kg (0.72 lb)
30	Taiwan	0.29 kg (0.65 lb)
31	Sweden	0.29 kg (0.64 lb)
32	Hungary	0.28 kg (0.62 lb)
33	Norway	0.27 kg (0.60 lb)
34	Austria	0.27 kg (0.59 lb)
35	Finland	0.24 kg (0.54 lb)
36	United States	0.23 kg (0.50 lb)
37	Argentina	0.21 kg (0.47 lb)
38	Israel	0.20 kg (0.45 lb)
39	France	0.20 kg (0.44 lb)
40	Vietnam	0.20 kg (0.44 lb)
41	South Korea	0.17 kg (0.37 lb)
42	Spain	0.15 kg (0.32 lb)
43	Denmark	0.15 kg (0.32 lb)
44	Italy	0.14 kg (0.31 lb)
45	Belgium	0.13 kg (0.28 lb)
46	Bulgaria	0.11 kg (0.24 lb)
47	Romania	0.073 kg (0.16 lb)
48	Portugal	0.064 kg (0.14 lb)
49	Thailand	0.050 kg (0.11 lb)
50	Philippines	0.027 kg (0.06 lb)
51	Greece	0.023 kg (0.05 lb)
52	Venezuela	0.023 kg (0.05 lb)
53	Peru	0.023 kg (0.05 lb)
54	Colombia	0.018 kg (0.04 lb)
55	Brazil	0.018 kg (0.04 lb)
56	Mexico	0.014 kg (0.03 lb)

Tea plantation in Gilan, Iran

Rize çayı, the traditional Turkish black tea

Gallery of tea varieties from highest consuming countries

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  Masala chai from the Indian subcontinent
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  A cup of Earl Grey tea
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  Tea kettle over hot coals
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  Chai-o Nabat (Persian tea with Rock sugar) in Tehran
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  Black tea in a Meissen pink-rose tea cup
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  A Moroccan tea set
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  Green tea steeping in a gaiwan
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  A glass of iced tea
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  First flush Darjeeling tea in cup
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  A cup of Japanese Hojicha
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  Mint tea in Isfahan

See also

• List of countries by alcohol consumption per capita
• List of countries by milk consumption per capita