Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 3,095 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Timor-Leste, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — yield in Timor-Leste is 3,095 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Timor-Leste peaked at 5,036 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 2,902 kg/ha, in 2021.
That places Timor-Leste 20th out of 20 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,582 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,515 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1963 | 3,568 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 3,330 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1965 | 3,579 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1966 | 3,676 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 3,739 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 3,899 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 3,908 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 3,701 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1971 | 3,817 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 3,461 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1973 | 3,697 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1974 | 3,819 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 3,821 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 4,007 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1977 | 3,929 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 3,958 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 4,100 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 4,143 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 4,141 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 4,156 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 4,233 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 4,351 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 4,485 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 4,249 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1987 | 4,530 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1988 | 4,250 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1989 | 4,127 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 4,403 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 3,965 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1992 | 4,234 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 4,944 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1994 | 3,944 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1995 | 4,080 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 4,064 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 4,106 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 3,853 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 5,036 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 2000 | 4,296 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2001 | 4,033 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2002 | 3,818 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 3,981 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 3,869 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 3,702 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 4,148 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2007 | 4,469 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 3,934 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2009 | 3,578 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2010 | 3,702 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 3,533 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 3,243 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2013 | 3,198 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 3,137 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 3,439 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2016 | 3,264 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 3,180 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 3,144 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 3,080 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 3,116 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 2,902 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 3,078 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 3,094 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 3,095 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,644 kg/ha | 3,330 kg/ha | 3,908 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,831 kg/ha | 3,461 kg/ha | 4,100 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,267 kg/ha | 4,127 kg/ha | 4,530 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,263 kg/ha | 3,853 kg/ha | 5,036 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,983 kg/ha | 3,578 kg/ha | 4,469 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,292 kg/ha | 3,080 kg/ha | 3,702 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,057 kg/ha | 2,902 kg/ha | 3,116 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
- 17 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6,370 kg/ha compare
- 17 Palestine 36,427 kg/ha compare
- 18 Republic of Moldova 6,035 kg/ha compare
- 18 Switzerland 34,690 kg/ha compare
- 19 Algeria 33,944 kg/ha compare
- 19 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 5,785 kg/ha compare
- 20 Chile 33,633 kg/ha compare
- 21 Israel 33,454 kg/ha compare
- 22 Cabo Verde 10,604 kg/ha compare
- 22 Saudi Arabia 33,172 kg/ha compare
- 23 Morocco 32,702 kg/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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Timor-Leste?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Timor-Leste was 3,095 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 5,036 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,902 kg/ha in 2021.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Timor-Leste ranks 20th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Yield. 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.