Rice — Area harvested in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Rice — Area harvested was 28,574 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Area harvested in Timor-Leste, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Timor-Leste recorded 28,574 ha for rice — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.3% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Timor-Leste peaked at 45,635 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 5,745 ha, in 1965.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rice — Area harvested in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 9,100 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 9,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 5,745 ha | -38.2% |
| 1966 | 7,087 ha | +23.4% |
| 1967 | 8,700 ha | +22.8% |
| 1968 | 11,000 ha | +26.4% |
| 1969 | 7,000 ha | -36.4% |
| 1970 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 9,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1973 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1976 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1979 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 16,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 18,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1984 | 20,928 ha | +16.3% |
| 1985 | 20,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 1986 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 19,739 ha | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 17,274 ha | -12.5% |
| 1989 | 15,635 ha | -9.5% |
| 1990 | 17,706 ha | +13.2% |
| 1991 | 25,495 ha | +44.0% |
| 1992 | 19,381 ha | -24.0% |
| 1993 | 18,856 ha | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 16,096 ha | -14.6% |
| 1995 | 18,084 ha | +12.4% |
| 1996 | 19,684 ha | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 14,198 ha | -27.9% |
| 1998 | 13,826 ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 12,679 ha | -8.3% |
| 2000 | 17,000 ha | +34.1% |
| 2001 | 35,000 ha | +105.9% |
| 2002 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 43,550 ha | +24.4% |
| 2004 | 23,000 ha | -47.2% |
| 2005 | 40,000 ha | +73.9% |
| 2006 | 45,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 2007 | 40,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 2008 | 45,635 ha | +14.1% |
| 2009 | 38,998 ha | -14.5% |
| 2010 | 36,548 ha | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 35,561 ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 41,884 ha | +17.8% |
| 2013 | 27,998 ha | -33.2% |
| 2014 | 28,482 ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 23,017 ha | -19.2% |
| 2016 | 19,251 ha | -16.4% |
| 2017 | 22,959 ha | +19.3% |
| 2018 | 17,000 ha | -26.0% |
| 2019 | 22,328 ha | +31.3% |
| 2020 | 18,912 ha | -15.3% |
| 2021 | 26,792 ha | +41.7% |
| 2022 | 39,405 ha | +47.1% |
| 2023 | 38,253 ha | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 28,574 ha | -25.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,370 ha | 5,745 ha | 11,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,800 ha | 7,000 ha | 14,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,908 ha | 15,000 ha | 20,928 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,600 ha | 12,679 ha | 25,495 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 36,318 ha | 17,000 ha | 45,635 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,503 ha | 17,000 ha | 41,884 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,387 ha | 18,912 ha | 39,405 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 209,368 ha compare
- 11 Cambodia 3.90 million ha compare
- 12 Guinea 2.43 million ha compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 136,352 ha compare
- 13 Madagascar 2.04 million ha compare
- 13 Türkiye 128,904 ha compare
- 14 Brazil 1.59 million ha compare
- 15 Côte d'Ivoire 811,177 ha compare
- 15 Japan 1.46 million ha compare
- 15 Melanesia 4,751 ha compare
- 16 Micronesia (Federated States of) 99 ha compare
- 16 Nepal 1.42 million ha compare
- 16 Micronesia 99 ha compare
- 17 Sri Lanka 1.13 million ha compare
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- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) -16.51 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -0.8059 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Timor-Leste?
- Rice — area harvested in Timor-Leste was 28,574 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 45,635 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,745 ha in 1965.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for rice — area harvested?
- Timor-Leste ranks 14th out of 18 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. 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 Rice — 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.