Sweet potatoes — Production in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Sweet potatoes — Production was 4,825 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Production in Timor-Leste, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production in Timor-Leste stood at 4,825 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Timor-Leste peaked at 26,900 t in 2005 and was at its lowest, 4,574 t, in 2022.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 14,528 t | -3.1% |
| 1965 | 13,451 t | -7.4% |
| 1966 | 13,439 t | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 12,849 t | -4.4% |
| 1968 | 14,658 t | +14.1% |
| 1969 | 18,271 t | +24.6% |
| 1970 | 16,159 t | -11.6% |
| 1971 | 11,851 t | -26.7% |
| 1972 | 10,882 t | -8.2% |
| 1973 | 13,968 t | +28.4% |
| 1974 | 18,000 t | +28.9% |
| 1975 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 14,700 t | -18.3% |
| 1979 | 16,000 t | +8.8% |
| 1980 | 12,000 t | -25.0% |
| 1981 | 12,500 t | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 12,000 t | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 11,000 t | -8.3% |
| 1984 | 11,500 t | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 11,700 t | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 10,962 t | -6.3% |
| 1987 | 11,883 t | +8.4% |
| 1988 | 9,752 t | -17.9% |
| 1989 | 10,088 t | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 7,224 t | -28.4% |
| 1991 | 9,480 t | +31.2% |
| 1992 | 11,571 t | +22.1% |
| 1993 | 19,100 t | +65.1% |
| 1994 | 18,000 t | -5.8% |
| 1995 | 18,200 t | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 15,681 t | -13.8% |
| 1997 | 17,648 t | +12.5% |
| 1998 | 11,989 t | -32.1% |
| 1999 | 14,000 t | +16.8% |
| 2000 | 20,000 t | +42.9% |
| 2001 | 24,705 t | +23.5% |
| 2002 | 26,000 t | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 25,698 t | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 26,400 t | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 26,900 t | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 20,900 t | -22.3% |
| 2007 | 14,900 t | -28.7% |
| 2008 | 8,954 t | -39.9% |
| 2009 | 12,790 t | +42.8% |
| 2010 | 9,584 t | -25.1% |
| 2011 | 9,647 t | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 9,021 t | -6.5% |
| 2013 | 7,138 t | -20.9% |
| 2014 | 5,904 t | -17.3% |
| 2015 | 5,093 t | -13.7% |
| 2016 | 6,045 t | +18.7% |
| 2017 | 6,096 t | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 5,946 t | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 5,777 t | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 5,688 t | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 4,980 t | -12.4% |
| 2022 | 4,574 t | -8.2% |
| 2023 | 4,978 t | +8.8% |
| 2024 | 4,825 t | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,688 t | 12,849 t | 18,271 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,556 t | 10,882 t | 18,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,338 t | 9,752 t | 12,500 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,289 t | 7,224 t | 19,100 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,725 t | 8,954 t | 26,900 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,025 t | 5,093 t | 9,647 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,009 t | 4,574 t | 5,688 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
- 10 Ethiopia 1.19 million t compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 138,700 t compare
- 11 Uganda 1.03 million t compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 22,666 t compare
- 12 Brazil 970,050 t compare
- 12 Polynesia 7,334 t compare
- 13 Burundi 944,229 t compare
- 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,635 t compare
- 14 Kenya 862,724 t compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 3,120 t compare
- 15 Papua New Guinea 732,422 t compare
- 15 Micronesia 3,120 t compare
- 16 Japan 717,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Timor-Leste
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- 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 sweet potatoes — production in Timor-Leste?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Timor-Leste was 4,825 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 26,900 t in 2005.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,574 t in 2022.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Timor-Leste ranks 13th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.3%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Production. 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.