Arable land in East Timor
East Timor: Arable land was 0.0805 hectares per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land in East Timor, 1961–2023
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in hectares per person.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 0.0805 hectares per person for arable land in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land in East Timor peaked at 0.1611 hectares per person in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0805 hectares per person, in 2023.
East Timor ranks 132nd of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1395 hectares per person | 0.1343 hectares per person | 0.1473 hectares per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1451 hectares per person | 0.1386 hectares per person | 0.1566 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1443 hectares per person | 0.1343 hectares per person | 0.1539 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1465 hectares per person | 0.1326 hectares per person | 0.1542 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1285 hectares per person | 0.1099 hectares per person | 0.1611 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.096 hectares per person | 0.0857 hectares per person | 0.1069 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0822 hectares per person | 0.0805 hectares per person | 0.0841 hectares per person | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for East Timor
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
- Rural population 71.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.1% (2025)
- Rural population 1.01 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 20.2% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 376.12 million current US$ (2024)
- Land under cereal production 78,894 hectares (2023)
- Cereal yield 2,129 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal production 168,000 metric tons (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land in East Timor?
- Arable land in East Timor was 0.0805 hectares per person in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest arable land recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1611 hectares per person in 2000.
- What is the lowest arable land recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0805 hectares per person in 2023.
- How does East Timor rank for arable land?
- East Timor ranks 132nd out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.