East Timor vs Zambia: Cereal yields
East Timor
2.11 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Zambia
2.32 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
East Timor rank
117th
Zambia rank
114th
Cereal yields over time
- East Timor
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 2.32 tonnes per hectare against 2.11 tonnes per hectare in East Timor, a difference of 0.21 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times East Timor's.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was East Timor ahead.
East Timor ranks 117th and Zambia ranks 114th of 185 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, East Timor averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | East Timor | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.28 tonnes per hectare | 0.8055 tonnes per hectare | 0.4747 tonnes per hectare | East Timor |
| 1970s | 1.39 tonnes per hectare | 1.16 tonnes per hectare | 0.2356 tonnes per hectare | East Timor |
| 1980s | 1.38 tonnes per hectare | 1.79 tonnes per hectare | 0.4173 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
| 1990s | 1.86 tonnes per hectare | 1.47 tonnes per hectare | 0.3965 tonnes per hectare | East Timor |
| 2000s | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | 1.88 tonnes per hectare | 0.2804 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
| 2010s | 2.51 tonnes per hectare | 2.59 tonnes per hectare | 0.0771 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
| 2020s | 2 tonnes per hectare | 2.43 tonnes per hectare | 0.4261 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereal yields, East Timor or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 2.32 tonnes per hectare against 2.11 tonnes per hectare in East Timor as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereal yields between East Timor and Zambia?
- 0.21 tonnes per hectare, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Zambia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do East Timor and Zambia rank globally for cereal yields?
- East Timor ranks 117th and Zambia ranks 114th of 185 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cereal yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes per hectare.