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.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 29,000 ha | +18.9% |
| 1963 | 27,100 ha | -6.6% |
| 1964 | 24,300 ha | -10.3% |
| 1965 | 20,745 ha | -14.6% |
| 1966 | 22,087 ha | +6.5% |
| 1967 | 24,700 ha | +11.8% |
| 1968 | 23,500 ha | -4.9% |
| 1969 | 21,000 ha | -10.6% |
| 1970 | 23,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1971 | 17,800 ha | -22.9% |
| 1972 | 17,500 ha | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 20,900 ha | +19.4% |
| 1974 | 24,000 ha | +14.8% |
| 1975 | 30,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1976 | 35,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1977 | 41,000 ha | +17.1% |
| 1978 | 50,000 ha | +22.0% |
| 1979 | 57,000 ha | +14.0% |
| 1980 | 63,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 1981 | 59,000 ha | -6.3% |
| 1982 | 62,500 ha | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 65,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 66,928 ha | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 69,673 ha | +4.1% |
| 1986 | 70,572 ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 69,739 ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 63,675 ha | -8.7% |
| 1989 | 62,036 ha | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 82,559 ha | +33.1% |
| 1991 | 90,917 ha | +10.1% |
| 1992 | 77,751 ha | -14.5% |
| 1993 | 76,924 ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 78,116 ha | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 74,222 ha | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 77,798 ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 76,975 ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 45,720 ha | -40.6% |
| 1999 | 66,867 ha | +46.3% |
| 2000 | 72,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 91,764 ha | +27.5% |
| 2002 | 88,396 ha | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 93,950 ha | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 75,000 ha | -20.2% |
| 2005 | 98,000 ha | +30.7% |
| 2006 | 116,000 ha | +18.4% |
| 2007 | 103,400 ha | -10.9% |
| 2008 | 125,068 ha | +21.0% |
| 2009 | 110,338 ha | -11.8% |
| 2010 | 106,803 ha | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 57,260 ha | -46.4% |
| 2012 | 87,086 ha | +52.1% |
| 2013 | 70,818 ha | -18.7% |
| 2014 | 65,443 ha | -7.6% |
| 2015 | 82,407 ha | +25.9% |
| 2016 | 60,970 ha | -26.0% |
| 2017 | 57,532 ha | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 57,202 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 52,464 ha | -8.3% |
| 2020 | 47,993 ha | -8.5% |
| 2021 | 84,458 ha | +76.0% |
| 2022 | 90,701 ha | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 79,207 ha | -12.7% |
| 2024 | 62,493 ha | -21.1% |
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 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.02 million ha compare
- 13 Pakistan 15.45 million ha compare
- 14 Indonesia 12.59 million ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 885,160 ha compare
- 15 Thailand 12.53 million ha compare
- 15 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 808,105 ha compare
- 16 Bangladesh 12.27 million ha compare
- 17 Ethiopia 12.07 million ha compare
- 17 Melanesia 11,188 ha compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 169 ha compare
- 18 Sudan 11.59 million ha compare
- 18 Micronesia 169 ha compare
- 19 Ukraine 10.81 million ha compare
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- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.1616 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.5537 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 0.1198 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.3076 % change on previous year (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 16th out of 19 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.