Starchy Roots — Food in East Timor
East Timor: Starchy Roots — Food was 46 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Starchy Roots — Food in East Timor, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 46 1000 t for starchy roots — food in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.0% on the previous year and down 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food in East Timor peaked at 62 1000 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 46 1000 t, in 2023.
That places East Timor 158th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — Food in East Timor, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 62 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 55 1000 t | -11.3% |
| 2012 | 52 1000 t | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 56 1000 t | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 58 1000 t | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 57 1000 t | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 56 1000 t | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 55 1000 t | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 51 1000 t | -7.3% |
| 2019 | 51 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 49 1000 t | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 47 1000 t | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 50 1000 t | +6.4% |
| 2023 | 46 1000 t | -8.0% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 46 1000 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 852 1000 t, 5% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 46 1000 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 203 1000 t, 23% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 55.3 1000 t | 51 1000 t | 62 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 48 1000 t | 46 1000 t | 50 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
More agriculture & rural data for East Timor
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2016 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 268.53 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7121 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starchy roots — food in East Timor?
- Starchy roots — food in East Timor was 46 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 62 1000 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 46 1000 t in 2023.
- How does East Timor rank for starchy roots — food?
- East Timor ranks 158th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Starchy Roots — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.