Maize (corn) — Production in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Maize (corn) — Production was 70,000 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Production in Timor-Leste, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Timor-Leste recorded 70,000 t for maize (corn) — production in 2024.
The figure is down 17.6% on the previous year and down 31.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Timor-Leste peaked at 148,891 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 8,730 t, in 1972.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Production in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 20,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 18,372 t | -8.1% |
| 1964 | 15,362 t | -16.4% |
| 1965 | 15,297 t | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 15,640 t | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 16,328 t | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 13,156 t | -19.4% |
| 1969 | 15,707 t | +19.4% |
| 1970 | 16,941 t | +7.9% |
| 1971 | 11,429 t | -32.5% |
| 1972 | 8,730 t | -23.6% |
| 1973 | 11,363 t | +30.2% |
| 1974 | 15,000 t | +32.0% |
| 1975 | 20,000 t | +33.3% |
| 1976 | 25,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1977 | 32,000 t | +28.0% |
| 1978 | 38,000 t | +18.8% |
| 1979 | 45,000 t | +18.4% |
| 1980 | 50,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 45,000 t | -10.0% |
| 1982 | 48,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 48,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 50,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 53,000 t | +6.0% |
| 1986 | 54,213 t | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 57,000 t | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 59,776 t | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 58,892 t | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 86,090 t | +46.2% |
| 1991 | 91,076 t | +5.8% |
| 1992 | 82,275 t | -9.7% |
| 1993 | 104,523 t | +27.0% |
| 1994 | 116,739 t | +11.7% |
| 1995 | 103,039 t | -11.7% |
| 1996 | 106,616 t | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 99,000 t | -7.1% |
| 1998 | 58,931 t | -40.5% |
| 1999 | 70,450 t | +19.5% |
| 2000 | 88,449 t | +25.5% |
| 2001 | 69,000 t | -22.0% |
| 2002 | 93,714 t | +35.8% |
| 2003 | 70,175 t | -25.1% |
| 2004 | 82,209 t | +17.1% |
| 2005 | 92,219 t | +12.2% |
| 2006 | 118,984 t | +29.0% |
| 2007 | 71,526 t | -39.9% |
| 2008 | 100,173 t | +40.1% |
| 2009 | 134,715 t | +34.5% |
| 2010 | 148,891 t | +10.5% |
| 2011 | 49,783 t | -66.6% |
| 2012 | 62,839 t | +26.2% |
| 2013 | 100,789 t | +60.4% |
| 2014 | 102,473 t | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 142,361 t | +38.9% |
| 2016 | 96,565 t | -32.2% |
| 2017 | 75,000 t | -22.3% |
| 2018 | 86,214 t | +15.0% |
| 2019 | 75,690 t | -12.2% |
| 2020 | 77,606 t | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 56,058 t | -27.8% |
| 2022 | 87,000 t | +55.2% |
| 2023 | 85,000 t | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 70,000 t | -17.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,374 t | 13,156 t | 20,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,346 t | 8,730 t | 45,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 52,388 t | 45,000 t | 59,776 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 91,874 t | 58,931 t | 116,739 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 92,116 t | 69,000 t | 134,715 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 94,060 t | 49,783 t | 148,891 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 75,133 t | 56,058 t | 87,000 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
- 13 Ethiopia 11.70 million t compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 515,300 t compare
- 14 Syrian Arab Republic 320,113 t compare
- 14 Yugoslav SFR 11.56 million t compare
- 15 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 269,805 t compare
- 15 Nigeria 11.16 million t compare
- 16 USSR 9.79 million t compare
- 17 Poland 9.22 million t compare
- 17 Melanesia 23,659 t compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 90.59 t compare
- 18 Pakistan 9.20 million t compare
- 18 Micronesia 90.59 t compare
- 19 Philippines 8.14 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Timor-Leste
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.5537 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -11.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -21.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) -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) — production in Timor-Leste?
- Maize (corn) — production in Timor-Leste was 70,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 148,891 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,730 t in 1972.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Timor-Leste ranks 16th out of 19 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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) — Production. 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.