Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 16,385 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
16,385 ha
Change on year
down 2.4%
Rank
17th
of 20 groups
All-time high
34,704 ha
in 1994
All-time low
13,670 ha
in 1965
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Timor-Leste, 1961–2024

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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

Annual values for Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Timor-Leste, 1961 to 2024.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Timor-Leste

  1. 14 Cameroon 931,286 ha compare
  2. 15 Indonesia 753,012 ha compare
  3. 16 Malawi 636,964 ha compare
  4. 17 Cambodia 607,266 ha compare
  5. 18 Madagascar 552,781 ha compare
  6. 19 Guinea 531,646 ha compare
  7. 20 Benin 520,628 ha compare

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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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Indicator
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,936 data points, 1961–2024
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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.