Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 16,385 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Timor-Leste, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Timor-Leste recorded 16,385 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Timor-Leste peaked at 34,704 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 13,670 ha, in 1965.
Timor-Leste ranks 17th of 20 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,874 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,935 ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 14,462 ha | -3.2% |
| 1964 | 14,357 ha | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 13,670 ha | -4.8% |
| 1966 | 16,475 ha | +20.5% |
| 1967 | 14,413 ha | -12.5% |
| 1968 | 16,896 ha | +17.2% |
| 1969 | 19,637 ha | +16.2% |
| 1970 | 19,162 ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 17,960 ha | -6.3% |
| 1972 | 16,600 ha | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 20,090 ha | +21.0% |
| 1974 | 21,900 ha | +9.0% |
| 1975 | 22,410 ha | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 22,115 ha | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 23,315 ha | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 22,820 ha | -2.1% |
| 1979 | 21,610 ha | -5.3% |
| 1980 | 20,415 ha | -5.5% |
| 1981 | 21,510 ha | +5.4% |
| 1982 | 21,310 ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 20,920 ha | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 23,220 ha | +11.0% |
| 1985 | 22,125 ha | -4.7% |
| 1986 | 23,359 ha | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 21,616 ha | -7.5% |
| 1988 | 24,131 ha | +11.6% |
| 1989 | 22,677 ha | -6.0% |
| 1990 | 21,046 ha | -7.2% |
| 1991 | 26,178 ha | +24.4% |
| 1992 | 29,173 ha | +11.4% |
| 1993 | 28,351 ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 34,704 ha | +22.4% |
| 1995 | 34,171 ha | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 28,218 ha | -17.4% |
| 1997 | 25,202 ha | -10.7% |
| 1998 | 21,399 ha | -15.1% |
| 1999 | 24,019 ha | +12.2% |
| 2000 | 25,300 ha | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 28,200 ha | +11.5% |
| 2002 | 31,429 ha | +11.5% |
| 2003 | 27,799 ha | -11.5% |
| 2004 | 34,267 ha | +23.3% |
| 2005 | 30,200 ha | -11.9% |
| 2006 | 25,117 ha | -16.8% |
| 2007 | 23,074 ha | -8.1% |
| 2008 | 22,145 ha | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 25,126 ha | +13.5% |
| 2010 | 20,191 ha | -19.6% |
| 2011 | 18,952 ha | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 18,963 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 20,598 ha | +8.6% |
| 2014 | 20,579 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 17,985 ha | -12.6% |
| 2016 | 19,721 ha | +9.7% |
| 2017 | 19,076 ha | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 18,241 ha | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 18,134 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 17,637 ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 17,502 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 16,464 ha | -5.9% |
| 2023 | 16,796 ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 16,385 ha | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,524 ha | 13,670 ha | 19,637 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,798 ha | 16,600 ha | 23,315 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,128 ha | 20,415 ha | 24,131 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,246 ha | 21,046 ha | 34,704 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,266 ha | 22,145 ha | 34,267 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,244 ha | 17,985 ha | 20,598 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,957 ha | 16,385 ha | 17,637 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Timor-Leste?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Timor-Leste was 16,385 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 34,704 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,670 ha in 1965.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Timor-Leste ranks 17th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.4%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.