Cereal yields in East Timor
East Timor: Cereal yields was 2.11 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
2.11 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
117th
of 186 countries
All-time high
2.92 tonnes per hectare
in 2014
All-time low
1.15 tonnes per hectare
in 1964
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Cereal 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 2.11 tonnes per hectare for cereal yields in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yields in East Timor peaked at 2.92 tonnes per hectare in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1.15 tonnes per hectare, in 1964.
That places East Timor 117th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereal yields in East Timor, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.4 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | -13.3% |
| 1963 | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 1.2 tonnes per hectare | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 1.24 tonnes per hectare | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 1.28 tonnes per hectare | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 1.48 tonnes per hectare | +15.4% |
| 1969 | 1.36 tonnes per hectare | -8.2% |
| 1970 | 1.28 tonnes per hectare | -5.8% |
| 1971 | 1.23 tonnes per hectare | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 1.42 tonnes per hectare | +15.3% |
| 1973 | 1.48 tonnes per hectare | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 1.58 tonnes per hectare | +7.3% |
| 1975 | 1.5 tonnes per hectare | -5.3% |
| 1976 | 1.4 tonnes per hectare | -6.7% |
| 1977 | 1.41 tonnes per hectare | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 1.32 tonnes per hectare | -6.7% |
| 1979 | 1.28 tonnes per hectare | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 1.31 tonnes per hectare | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 1.3 tonnes per hectare | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 1.29 tonnes per hectare | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 1.37 tonnes per hectare | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 1.33 tonnes per hectare | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 1.33 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1.42 tonnes per hectare | +6.4% |
| 1988 | 1.52 tonnes per hectare | +7.3% |
| 1989 | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 1.61 tonnes per hectare | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 1.74 tonnes per hectare | +8.0% |
| 1992 | 1.74 tonnes per hectare | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 2.03 tonnes per hectare | +17.1% |
| 1994 | 2.03 tonnes per hectare | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 2.02 tonnes per hectare | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 2.05 tonnes per hectare | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 1.78 tonnes per hectare | -13.1% |
| 1998 | 2.09 tonnes per hectare | +17.7% |
| 1999 | 1.56 tonnes per hectare | -25.7% |
| 2000 | 1.94 tonnes per hectare | +24.5% |
| 2001 | 1.34 tonnes per hectare | -30.9% |
| 2002 | 1.67 tonnes per hectare | +24.5% |
| 2003 | 1.44 tonnes per hectare | -13.4% |
| 2004 | 1.56 tonnes per hectare | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 1.54 tonnes per hectare | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 1.5 tonnes per hectare | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 1.28 tonnes per hectare | -15.1% |
| 2008 | 1.44 tonnes per hectare | +13.1% |
| 2009 | 2.32 tonnes per hectare | +60.5% |
| 2010 | 2.45 tonnes per hectare | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 2.59 tonnes per hectare | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 2.09 tonnes per hectare | -19.2% |
| 2013 | 2.66 tonnes per hectare | +27.1% |
| 2014 | 2.92 tonnes per hectare | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 2.6 tonnes per hectare | -11.2% |
| 2016 | 2.57 tonnes per hectare | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 2.38 tonnes per hectare | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 2.5 tonnes per hectare | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 2.35 tonnes per hectare | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 2.66 tonnes per hectare | +12.9% |
| 2021 | 1.2 tonnes per hectare | -54.8% |
| 2022 | 1.9 tonnes per hectare | +58.2% |
| 2023 | 2.12 tonnes per hectare | +11.5% |
| 2024 | 2.11 tonnes per hectare | -0.4% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 2.11 tonnes per hectare is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2.02 tonnes per hectare, 1.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 2.11 tonnes per hectare is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3.69 tonnes per hectare, 57% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +60.5% | 1.44 tonnes per hectare | 2.32 tonnes per hectare |
| 2022 | +58.2% | 1.2 tonnes per hectare | 1.9 tonnes per hectare |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.28 tonnes per hectare | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | 1.48 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.39 tonnes per hectare | 1.23 tonnes per hectare | 1.58 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.38 tonnes per hectare | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.86 tonnes per hectare | 1.56 tonnes per hectare | 2.09 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | 1.28 tonnes per hectare | 2.32 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.51 tonnes per hectare | 2.09 tonnes per hectare | 2.92 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 2 tonnes per hectare | 1.2 tonnes per hectare | 2.66 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 cereal yields in East Timor?
- Cereal yields in East Timor was 2.11 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 cereal yields recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 2.92 tonnes per hectare in 2014.
- What is the lowest cereal yields recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.15 tonnes per hectare in 1964.
- How does East Timor rank for cereal yields?
- East Timor ranks 117th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereal yields rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.7%. 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 Cereal yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in tonnes per hectare.