Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 62,493 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Timor-Leste, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Timor-Leste recorded 62,493 ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 21.1% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Timor-Leste peaked at 125,068 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 17,500 ha, in 1972.
That places Timor-Leste 146th out of 193 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,092 ha | 20,745 ha | 29,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,630 ha | 17,500 ha | 57,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 65,212 ha | 59,000 ha | 70,572 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 74,785 ha | 45,720 ha | 90,917 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 97,392 ha | 72,000 ha | 125,068 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 69,798 ha | 52,464 ha | 106,803 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 72,970 ha | 47,993 ha | 90,701 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Timor-Leste
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight 10 kg/An (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Production 10,780 t (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested 16,385 ha (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield 3,095 kg/ha (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production 50,708 t (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 42,336 An (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested 17,870 ha (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks 184,192 An (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield 1,413 kg/ha (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production 428.54 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Timor-Leste?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Timor-Leste was 62,493 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 125,068 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,500 ha in 1972.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Timor-Leste ranks 146th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Timor-Leste data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.