In 2020, global consumption of tea is expected to reach 7.4 billion kilograms. In 2016, Turkey was the world's largest tea consuming country.

In the same year, the U.S. was the largest tea consumer in the world. In 2021, the United States will be the largest coffee consuming country, followed by Germany and France. In 2020, the world will consume 4.5 billion kilograms of tea, according to the United Nations. In 2015, the number of people drinking tea in the United Kingdom was 2.2 billion.