Bean yields in East Timor
East Timor: Bean yields was 1.41 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.41 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
51st
of 133 countries
All-time high
1.43 tonnes per hectare
in 2022
All-time low
0.5625 tonnes per hectare
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Bean yields in East Timor, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 1.41 tonnes per hectare for bean yields in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bean yields in East Timor peaked at 1.43 tonnes per hectare in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.5625 tonnes per hectare, in 1961.
East Timor ranks 51st of 133 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bean yields in East Timor, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.5625 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 0.6471 tonnes per hectare | +15.0% |
| 1963 | 0.7222 tonnes per hectare | +11.6% |
| 1964 | 0.669 tonnes per hectare | -7.4% |
| 1965 | 0.6557 tonnes per hectare | -2.0% |
| 1966 | 0.751 tonnes per hectare | +14.5% |
| 1967 | 0.6836 tonnes per hectare | -9.0% |
| 1968 | 0.8011 tonnes per hectare | +17.2% |
| 1969 | 0.9291 tonnes per hectare | +16.0% |
| 1970 | 0.5644 tonnes per hectare | -39.3% |
| 1971 | 0.6054 tonnes per hectare | +7.3% |
| 1972 | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | +83.2% |
| 1973 | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | -2.8% |
| 1974 | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1.14 tonnes per hectare | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | -3.5% |
| 1979 | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 1.06 tonnes per hectare | -4.4% |
| 1982 | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | +9.8% |
| 1983 | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | -10.9% |
| 1985 | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | +8.7% |
| 1986 | 1.2 tonnes per hectare | +7.7% |
| 1987 | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | -11.1% |
| 1988 | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | +9.4% |
| 1989 | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 0.8042 tonnes per hectare | -27.6% |
| 1991 | 0.7765 tonnes per hectare | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 0.7996 tonnes per hectare | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 0.7259 tonnes per hectare | -9.2% |
| 1994 | 0.8261 tonnes per hectare | +13.8% |
| 1995 | 0.7032 tonnes per hectare | -14.9% |
| 1996 | 0.7645 tonnes per hectare | +8.7% |
| 1997 | 0.7713 tonnes per hectare | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 1.14 tonnes per hectare | +47.5% |
| 1999 | 0.9 tonnes per hectare | -20.9% |
| 2000 | 0.7778 tonnes per hectare | -13.6% |
| 2001 | 0.8 tonnes per hectare | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 0.75 tonnes per hectare | -6.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8501 tonnes per hectare | +13.3% |
| 2004 | 0.8629 tonnes per hectare | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 0.88 tonnes per hectare | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.8853 tonnes per hectare | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9864 tonnes per hectare | +11.4% |
| 2008 | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 1.06 tonnes per hectare | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 1.26 tonnes per hectare | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 1.26 tonnes per hectare | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.28 tonnes per hectare | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 1.31 tonnes per hectare | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 1.34 tonnes per hectare | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 1.35 tonnes per hectare | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 1.37 tonnes per hectare | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 1.4 tonnes per hectare | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 1.43 tonnes per hectare | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 1.4 tonnes per hectare | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 1.41 tonnes per hectare | +0.8% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 1.41 tonnes per hectare is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.8428 tonnes per hectare, 1.7× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 1.41 tonnes per hectare is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.26 tonnes per hectare, 1.1× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bean yields in East Timor changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +83.2% | 0.6054 tonnes per hectare | 1.11 tonnes per hectare |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7135 tonnes per hectare | 0.5625 tonnes per hectare | 0.9291 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.9958 tonnes per hectare | 0.5644 tonnes per hectare | 1.14 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | 1.2 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8209 tonnes per hectare | 0.7032 tonnes per hectare | 1.14 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8872 tonnes per hectare | 0.75 tonnes per hectare | 1.06 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.25 tonnes per hectare | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | 1.35 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.41 tonnes per hectare | 1.37 tonnes per hectare | 1.43 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for East Timor
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2016 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 268.53 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7121 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bean yields in East Timor?
- Bean yields in East Timor was 1.41 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest bean yields recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 1.43 tonnes per hectare in 2022.
- What is the lowest bean yields recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5625 tonnes per hectare in 1961.
- How does East Timor rank for bean yields?
- East Timor ranks 51st out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bean yields rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.