Here are the top ten tea-consuming countries in the world, based on the latest available data from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for per capita tea consumption:
- Turkey – 3.16 kg
- Ireland – 2.19 kg
- United Kingdom – 1.94 kg
- Iran – 1.50 kg
- Kazakhstan – 1.37 kg
- Mauritania – 1.31 kg
- Afghanistan – 1.22 kg
- Azerbaijan – 1.12 kg
- Russia – 1.10 kg
- Egypt – 1.06 kg
Top Ten Tea Consumer Countries 2016 |
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| Country | Annual Comsumption Per Capita (KG) | ||||
| Ireland | 2.71 | ||||
| Libya | 2.65 | ||||
| Kuwait | 2.29 | ||||
| UK | 2.28 | ||||
| Qatar | 2.23 | ||||
| Iraq | 2.20 | ||||
| Turkey | 2.17 | ||||
| Iran | 1.43 | ||||
| Hong Kong | 1.36 | ||||
| Morocco | 1.34 | ||||