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.
That places Timor-Leste 108th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
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
- 105 Yemen 37,006 ha compare
- 106 China, Taiwan Province of 36,649 ha compare
- 107 Niger 36,455 ha compare
- 109 Belgium-Luxembourg 33,488 ha compare
- 110 Namibia 32,215 ha compare
- 111 Sudan (former) 31,080 ha compare
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 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 108th out of 182 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.