List of countries by tea consumption per capita

Rize tea, the traditional Turkish black tea

Masala chai from the Indian subcontinent

A cup of Earl Grey tea

Tea kettle over hot coals

Traditional Emirati Tea

Black tea in a Meissen pink-rose tea cup

A Moroccan tea set

Green tea steeping in a gaiwan

A glass of iced tea

First flush Darjeeling tea in cup

A cup of Japanese Hojicha

An English tea set

Cup of Black tea

This is a list of countries ordered by annual per capita consumption of tea, as of 2016.

Tea consumption

Rank	Country/Region	Tea consumption
1	Turkey	3.16 kg (6.96 lb)
2	Ireland	2.19 kg (4.83 lb)
3	United Kingdom	1.94 kg (4.28 lb)
4	Russia	1.38 kg (3.05 lb)
5	Morocco	1.22 kg (2.68 lb)
6	New Zealand	1.19 kg (2.63 lb)
7	Chile (2018)	1.19 kg (2.62 lb)
8	Egypt	1.01 kg (2.23 lb)
9	Poland	1.00 kg (2.20 lb)
10	Japan	0.97 kg (2.13 lb)
11	Saudi Arabia	0.90 kg (1.98 lb)
12	South Africa	0.81 kg (1.79 lb)
13	Netherlands	0.78 kg (1.72 lb)
14	Australia	0.75 kg (1.65 lb)
15	United Arab Emirates	0.72 kg (1.59 lb)
16	Germany	0.69 kg (1.52 lb)
17	Hong Kong	0.65 kg (1.43 lb)
18	Ukraine	0.58 kg (1.28 lb)
19	China	0.57 kg (1.25 lb)
20	Canada	0.51 kg (1.12 lb)
21	Malaysia	0.48 kg (1.06 lb)
22	Indonesia	0.46 kg (1.01 lb)
23	Switzerland	0.44 kg (0.97 lb)
24	Czech Republic	0.42 kg (0.93 lb)
25	Singapore	0.37 kg (0.81 lb)
26	Slovakia	0.36 kg (0.80 lb)
27	India	0.33 kg (0.72 lb)
28	Taiwan	0.29 kg (0.65 lb)
29	Sweden	0.29 kg (0.64 lb)
30	Hungary	0.28 kg (0.62 lb)
31	Norway	0.27 kg (0.60 lb)
32	Austria	0.27 kg (0.59 lb)
33	Finland	0.24 kg (0.54 lb)
34	United States	0.23 kg (0.50 lb)
35	Argentina	0.21 kg (0.47 lb)
36	Israel	0.20 kg (0.45 lb)
37	France	0.20 kg (0.44 lb)
38	Vietnam	0.20 kg (0.44 lb)
39	South Korea	0.17 kg (0.37 lb)
40	Spain	0.15 kg (0.32 lb)
41	Denmark	0.15 kg (0.32 lb)
42	Italy	0.14 kg (0.31 lb)
43	Belgium	0.13 kg (0.28 lb)
44	Bulgaria	0.11 kg (0.24 lb)
45	Romania	0.073 kg (0.16 lb)
46	Portugal	0.064 kg (0.14 lb)
47	Thailand	0.050 kg (0.11 lb)
48	Philippines	0.027 kg (0.06 lb)
49	Greece	0.023 kg (0.05 lb)
50	Venezuela	0.023 kg (0.05 lb)
51	Peru	0.023 kg (0.05 lb)
52	Colombia	0.018 kg (0.04 lb)
53	Brazil	0.018 kg (0.04 lb)
54	Mexico	0.014 kg (0.03 lb)