Cocoa bean yields in East Timor
East Timor: Cocoa bean yields was 0.1025 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
0.1025 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
53rd
of 61 countries
All-time high
0.2424 tonnes per hectare
in 1993
All-time low
0.0537 tonnes per hectare
in 1997
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Cocoa 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
In 2024, cocoa bean yields in East Timor stood at 0.1025 tonnes per hectare.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa bean yields in East Timor peaked at 0.2424 tonnes per hectare in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.0537 tonnes per hectare, in 1997.
That places East Timor 53rd out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa bean yields in East Timor, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.1222 tonnes per hectare | -8.3% |
| 1986 | 0.11 tonnes per hectare | -10.0% |
| 1987 | 0.125 tonnes per hectare | +13.6% |
| 1988 | 0.1 tonnes per hectare | -20.0% |
| 1989 | 0.1 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.1088 tonnes per hectare | +8.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0807 tonnes per hectare | -25.8% |
| 1992 | 0.232 tonnes per hectare | +187.5% |
| 1993 | 0.2424 tonnes per hectare | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0904 tonnes per hectare | -62.7% |
| 1995 | 0.1526 tonnes per hectare | +68.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0741 tonnes per hectare | -51.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0537 tonnes per hectare | -27.5% |
| 1998 | 0.06 tonnes per hectare | +11.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0914 tonnes per hectare | +52.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0912 tonnes per hectare | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.091 tonnes per hectare | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0908 tonnes per hectare | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0905 tonnes per hectare | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0907 tonnes per hectare | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0937 tonnes per hectare | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0944 tonnes per hectare | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0951 tonnes per hectare | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0957 tonnes per hectare | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0964 tonnes per hectare | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0971 tonnes per hectare | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0977 tonnes per hectare | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0984 tonnes per hectare | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.1119 tonnes per hectare | +13.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0938 tonnes per hectare | -16.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0945 tonnes per hectare | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.104 tonnes per hectare | +10.1% |
| 2017 | 0.1018 tonnes per hectare | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.1 tonnes per hectare | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.1019 tonnes per hectare | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 0.104 tonnes per hectare | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 0.102 tonnes per hectare | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 0.1026 tonnes per hectare | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.1029 tonnes per hectare | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.1025 tonnes per hectare | -0.4% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 0.1025 tonnes per hectare is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3962 tonnes per hectare, 26% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 0.1025 tonnes per hectare is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.3962 tonnes per hectare, 26% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +187.5% | 0.0807 tonnes per hectare | 0.232 tonnes per hectare |
| 1995 | +68.8% | 0.0904 tonnes per hectare | 0.1526 tonnes per hectare |
| 1994 | -62.7% | 0.2424 tonnes per hectare | 0.0904 tonnes per hectare |
| 1999 | +52.3% | 0.06 tonnes per hectare | 0.0914 tonnes per hectare |
| 1996 | -51.4% | 0.1526 tonnes per hectare | 0.0741 tonnes per hectare |
| 1997 | -27.5% | 0.0741 tonnes per hectare | 0.0537 tonnes per hectare |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1224 tonnes per hectare | 0.1 tonnes per hectare | 0.1333 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1186 tonnes per hectare | 0.0537 tonnes per hectare | 0.2424 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.093 tonnes per hectare | 0.0905 tonnes per hectare | 0.0964 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1001 tonnes per hectare | 0.0938 tonnes per hectare | 0.1119 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1028 tonnes per hectare | 0.102 tonnes per hectare | 0.104 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
- 50 Costa Rica 0.1285 tonnes per hectare compare
- 51 Guadeloupe 0.12 tonnes per hectare compare
- 52 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1197 tonnes per hectare compare
- 54 Panama 0.1022 tonnes per hectare compare
- 55 Equatorial Guinea 0.1019 tonnes per hectare compare
- 56 Dominica 0.0934 tonnes per hectare compare
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 cocoa bean yields in East Timor?
- Cocoa bean yields in East Timor was 0.1025 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 cocoa bean yields recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2424 tonnes per hectare in 1993.
- What is the lowest cocoa bean yields recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0537 tonnes per hectare in 1997.
- How does East Timor rank for cocoa bean yields?
- East Timor ranks 53rd out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa bean yields rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Cocoa 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.