Corn yields in East Timor
East Timor: Corn yields was 2.06 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Corn yields in East Timor, 1961–2024
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); 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 corn yields in East Timor is 2.06 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, corn yields in East Timor peaked at 2.77 tonnes per hectare in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.9721 tonnes per hectare, in 2021.
East Timor ranks 112th of 170 countries on this measure, 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 | 1.04 tonnes per hectare | 1 tonnes per hectare | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | 1.03 tonnes per hectare | 1.14 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | 1.29 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.62 tonnes per hectare | 1.3 tonnes per hectare | 1.88 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.51 tonnes per hectare | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | 1.89 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.25 tonnes per hectare | 1.39 tonnes per hectare | 2.77 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.9 tonnes per hectare | 0.9721 tonnes per hectare | 2.67 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for East Timor
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 376.12 million current US$ (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 20.2% (2024)
- Rural population 1.01 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.1% (2025)
- Rural population 71.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.2% (2024)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.2% (2024)
- Land under cereal production 78,894 hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is corn yields in East Timor?
- Corn yields in East Timor was 2.06 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest corn yields recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 2.77 tonnes per hectare in 2014.
- What is the lowest corn yields recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9721 tonnes per hectare in 2021.
- How does East Timor rank for corn yields?
- East Timor ranks 112th out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is corn yields rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Corn yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average corn yields measured in tonnes per hectare.