Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 33,919 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Timor-Leste, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Timor-Leste stood at 33,919 ha.
The figure is down 17.2% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Timor-Leste peaked at 79,433 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 8,500 ha, in 1972.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 18,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1964 | 15,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1965 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 12,500 ha | -21.9% |
| 1969 | 14,000 ha | +12.0% |
| 1970 | 16,100 ha | +15.0% |
| 1971 | 10,800 ha | -32.9% |
| 1972 | 8,500 ha | -21.3% |
| 1973 | 10,900 ha | +28.2% |
| 1974 | 14,000 ha | +28.4% |
| 1975 | 18,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1976 | 23,000 ha | +27.8% |
| 1977 | 28,000 ha | +21.7% |
| 1978 | 36,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1979 | 43,000 ha | +19.4% |
| 1980 | 48,000 ha | +11.6% |
| 1981 | 43,000 ha | -10.4% |
| 1982 | 46,000 ha | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 47,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 46,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 49,673 ha | +8.0% |
| 1986 | 50,572 ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 50,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 46,401 ha | -7.2% |
| 1989 | 46,401 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 64,853 ha | +39.8% |
| 1991 | 65,422 ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 58,370 ha | -10.8% |
| 1993 | 58,068 ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 62,020 ha | +6.8% |
| 1995 | 56,138 ha | -9.5% |
| 1996 | 58,114 ha | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 62,777 ha | +8.0% |
| 1998 | 31,894 ha | -49.2% |
| 1999 | 54,188 ha | +69.9% |
| 2000 | 55,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 56,764 ha | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 53,396 ha | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 50,400 ha | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 52,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 58,000 ha | +11.5% |
| 2006 | 71,000 ha | +22.4% |
| 2007 | 63,400 ha | -10.7% |
| 2008 | 79,433 ha | +25.3% |
| 2009 | 71,340 ha | -10.2% |
| 2010 | 70,255 ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 21,699 ha | -69.1% |
| 2012 | 45,202 ha | +108.3% |
| 2013 | 42,820 ha | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 36,961 ha | -13.7% |
| 2015 | 59,390 ha | +60.7% |
| 2016 | 41,719 ha | -29.8% |
| 2017 | 34,574 ha | -17.1% |
| 2018 | 40,202 ha | +16.3% |
| 2019 | 30,136 ha | -25.0% |
| 2020 | 29,081 ha | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 57,666 ha | +98.3% |
| 2022 | 51,296 ha | -11.0% |
| 2023 | 40,954 ha | -20.2% |
| 2024 | 33,919 ha | -17.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Timor-Leste 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +108.3% | 21,699 ha | 45,202 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,722 ha | 12,500 ha | 20,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,830 ha | 8,500 ha | 43,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 47,305 ha | 43,000 ha | 50,572 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 57,184 ha | 31,894 ha | 65,422 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 61,073 ha | 50,400 ha | 79,433 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,296 ha | 21,699 ha | 70,255 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,583 ha | 29,081 ha | 57,666 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 103,603 ha compare
- 13 South Africa 2.64 million ha compare
- 14 Indonesia 2.55 million ha compare
- 14 Syrian Arab Republic 56,314 ha compare
- 15 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 40,479 ha compare
- 15 Philippines 2.46 million ha compare
- 16 Kenya 2.41 million ha compare
- 17 Russian Federation 2.39 million ha compare
- 17 Melanesia 5,259 ha compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 63 ha compare
- 18 Uganda 2.30 million ha compare
- 18 Micronesia 63 ha compare
- 19 Yugoslav SFR 2.17 million ha compare
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- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) -16.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) -11.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle — Stocks, annual growth rate -1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -0.8059 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Timor-Leste?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Timor-Leste was 33,919 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 79,433 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,500 ha in 1972.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Timor-Leste ranks 16th out of 19 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.