Coffee bean yields in East Timor
East Timor: Coffee bean yields was 0.4236 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
0.4236 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
up 6.3%
World rank
55th
of 82 countries
All-time high
0.6694 tonnes per hectare
in 1973
All-time low
0.11 tonnes per hectare
in 2015
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Coffee 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
The most recent figure for coffee bean yields in East Timor is 0.4236 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 6.3% on the previous year and up 51.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee bean yields in East Timor peaked at 0.6694 tonnes per hectare in 1973 and was at its lowest, 0.11 tonnes per hectare, in 2015.
That places East Timor 55th out of 82 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Coffee bean yields in East Timor, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.5 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 0.5064 tonnes per hectare | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 0.4906 tonnes per hectare | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 0.506 tonnes per hectare | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 0.5011 tonnes per hectare | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 0.4971 tonnes per hectare | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 0.5002 tonnes per hectare | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 0.5115 tonnes per hectare | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 0.5025 tonnes per hectare | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 0.4906 tonnes per hectare | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 0.5275 tonnes per hectare | +7.5% |
| 1972 | 0.5876 tonnes per hectare | +11.4% |
| 1973 | 0.6694 tonnes per hectare | +13.9% |
| 1974 | 0.45 tonnes per hectare | -32.8% |
| 1975 | 0.45 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.4286 tonnes per hectare | -4.8% |
| 1977 | 0.4722 tonnes per hectare | +10.2% |
| 1978 | 0.425 tonnes per hectare | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 0.3636 tonnes per hectare | -14.4% |
| 1980 | 0.32 tonnes per hectare | -12.0% |
| 1981 | 0.2857 tonnes per hectare | -10.7% |
| 1982 | 0.2667 tonnes per hectare | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 0.25 tonnes per hectare | -6.3% |
| 1984 | 0.2286 tonnes per hectare | -8.6% |
| 1985 | 0.2 tonnes per hectare | -12.5% |
| 1986 | 0.1905 tonnes per hectare | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 0.1778 tonnes per hectare | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 0.1667 tonnes per hectare | -6.2% |
| 1989 | 0.16 tonnes per hectare | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 0.1628 tonnes per hectare | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 0.1552 tonnes per hectare | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 0.1398 tonnes per hectare | -9.9% |
| 1993 | 0.1447 tonnes per hectare | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 0.1636 tonnes per hectare | +13.1% |
| 1995 | 0.1712 tonnes per hectare | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 0.1962 tonnes per hectare | +14.6% |
| 1997 | 0.153 tonnes per hectare | -22.0% |
| 1998 | 0.1719 tonnes per hectare | +12.4% |
| 1999 | 0.1846 tonnes per hectare | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 0.2167 tonnes per hectare | +17.4% |
| 2001 | 0.2243 tonnes per hectare | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 0.2079 tonnes per hectare | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 0.2 tonnes per hectare | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 0.2231 tonnes per hectare | +11.5% |
| 2005 | 0.2231 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2154 tonnes per hectare | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 0.2154 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2685 tonnes per hectare | +24.7% |
| 2009 | 0.1881 tonnes per hectare | -29.9% |
| 2010 | 0.235 tonnes per hectare | +24.9% |
| 2011 | 0.1531 tonnes per hectare | -34.9% |
| 2012 | 0.2484 tonnes per hectare | +62.2% |
| 2013 | 0.2816 tonnes per hectare | +13.4% |
| 2014 | 0.279 tonnes per hectare | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.11 tonnes per hectare | -60.6% |
| 2016 | 0.2087 tonnes per hectare | +89.7% |
| 2017 | 0.2634 tonnes per hectare | +26.2% |
| 2018 | 0.3016 tonnes per hectare | +14.5% |
| 2019 | 0.3427 tonnes per hectare | +13.6% |
| 2020 | 0.387 tonnes per hectare | +12.9% |
| 2021 | 0.5884 tonnes per hectare | +52.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5083 tonnes per hectare | -13.6% |
| 2023 | 0.3984 tonnes per hectare | -21.6% |
| 2024 | 0.4236 tonnes per hectare | +6.3% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 0.4236 tonnes per hectare is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5325 tonnes per hectare, 80% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 0.4236 tonnes per hectare is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.6381 tonnes per hectare, 66% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coffee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +89.7% | 0.11 tonnes per hectare | 0.2087 tonnes per hectare |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5017 tonnes per hectare | 0.4906 tonnes per hectare | 0.5115 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4864 tonnes per hectare | 0.3636 tonnes per hectare | 0.6694 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2246 tonnes per hectare | 0.16 tonnes per hectare | 0.32 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1643 tonnes per hectare | 0.1398 tonnes per hectare | 0.1962 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2182 tonnes per hectare | 0.1881 tonnes per hectare | 0.2685 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2424 tonnes per hectare | 0.11 tonnes per hectare | 0.3427 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4611 tonnes per hectare | 0.387 tonnes per hectare | 0.5884 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 coffee bean yields in East Timor?
- Coffee bean yields in East Timor was 0.4236 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 coffee bean yields recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6694 tonnes per hectare in 1973.
- What is the lowest coffee bean yields recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.11 tonnes per hectare in 2015.
- How does East Timor rank for coffee bean yields?
- East Timor ranks 55th out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee bean yields rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.8%. 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 Coffee bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare. Green coffee beans are coffee seeds (beans) that have not yet been roasted.