Potatoes — Area harvested in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Potatoes — Area harvested was 1,339 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Timor-Leste, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Timor-Leste is 1,339 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Timor-Leste peaked at 1,396 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 74 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 74 ha | — |
| 1962 | 135 ha | +82.4% |
| 1963 | 162 ha | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 257 ha | +58.6% |
| 1965 | 270 ha | +5.1% |
| 1966 | 175 ha | -35.2% |
| 1967 | 213 ha | +21.7% |
| 1968 | 196 ha | -8.0% |
| 1969 | 137 ha | -30.1% |
| 1970 | 162 ha | +18.2% |
| 1971 | 160 ha | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 100 ha | -37.5% |
| 1973 | 90 ha | -10.0% |
| 1974 | 100 ha | +11.1% |
| 1975 | 110 ha | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 115 ha | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 115 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 120 ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 110 ha | -8.3% |
| 1980 | 115 ha | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 110 ha | -4.3% |
| 1982 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 120 ha | +9.1% |
| 1984 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 125 ha | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 130 ha | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 129 ha | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 82 ha | -36.4% |
| 1989 | 300 ha | +265.9% |
| 1990 | 530 ha | +76.7% |
| 1991 | 308 ha | -41.9% |
| 1992 | 120 ha | -61.0% |
| 1993 | 359 ha | +199.2% |
| 1994 | 405 ha | +12.8% |
| 1995 | 145 ha | -64.2% |
| 1996 | 145 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 412 ha | +184.1% |
| 1998 | 351 ha | -14.8% |
| 1999 | 179 ha | -49.0% |
| 2000 | 300 ha | +67.6% |
| 2001 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 2002 | 429 ha | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 464 ha | +8.2% |
| 2004 | 367 ha | -20.9% |
| 2005 | 300 ha | -18.3% |
| 2006 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 2007 | 800 ha | +100.0% |
| 2008 | 1,223 ha | +52.9% |
| 2009 | 940 ha | -23.1% |
| 2010 | 1,105 ha | +17.6% |
| 2011 | 606 ha | -45.2% |
| 2012 | 601 ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 847 ha | +40.9% |
| 2014 | 1,175 ha | +38.7% |
| 2015 | 1,396 ha | +18.8% |
| 2016 | 1,139 ha | -18.4% |
| 2017 | 1,119 ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 1,149 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 1,153 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,151 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,081 ha | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 1,156 ha | +6.9% |
| 2023 | 1,356 ha | +17.3% |
| 2024 | 1,339 ha | -1.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +265.9% | 82 ha | 300 ha |
| 1993 | +199.2% | 120 ha | 359 ha |
| 1997 | +184.1% | 145 ha | 412 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 179.89 ha | 74 ha | 270 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 118.2 ha | 90 ha | 162 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 134.1 ha | 82 ha | 300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 295.4 ha | 120 ha | 530 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 562.3 ha | 300 ha | 1,223 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,029 ha | 601 ha | 1,396 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,217 ha | 1,081 ha | 1,356 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
- 12 Republic of Moldova 22,430 ha compare
- 12 Yugoslav SFR 284,512 ha compare
- 13 Germany 282,200 ha compare
- 13 Viet Nam 20,733 ha compare
- 14 Egypt 268,565 ha compare
- 15 Kenya 225,948 ha compare
- 16 France 217,680 ha compare
- 16 Melanesia 523 ha compare
- 17 Lao People's Democratic Republic 53 ha compare
- 17 Nepal 211,505 ha compare
- 18 Poland 196,150 ha compare
- 18 Polynesia 0 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Timor-Leste
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -5.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -0.3322 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.5122 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.1616 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.5537 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 0.1198 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.3076 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Timor-Leste?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Timor-Leste was 1,339 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 1,396 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 74 ha in 1961.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Timor-Leste ranks 15th out of 18 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.0%. 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 Potatoes — 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.