Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in East Timor
East Timor: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.597 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in East Timor, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 0.597 for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in 2023.
The figure is up 3.9% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in East Timor peaked at 1.02 in 1964 and was at its lowest, 0.5151, in 2009.
East Timor ranks 51st of 163 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.
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in East Timor, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 0.9829 | -1.7% |
| 1963 | 0.9798 | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 1.02 | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 0.9923 | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 0.9587 | -3.4% |
| 1967 | 0.793 | -17.3% |
| 1968 | 0.9314 | +17.4% |
| 1969 | 0.7933 | -14.8% |
| 1970 | 0.8292 | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 0.8187 | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 0.826 | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 0.806 | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 0.8201 | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 0.8032 | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 0.7839 | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 0.7285 | -7.1% |
| 1978 | 0.7712 | +5.9% |
| 1979 | 0.8005 | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 0.7956 | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.7997 | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.805 | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.796 | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.7616 | -4.3% |
| 1985 | 0.7756 | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 0.7797 | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 0.7684 | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 0.7826 | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 0.7934 | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 0.7813 | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 0.7833 | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.8311 | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 0.7816 | -6.0% |
| 1994 | 0.7846 | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.7767 | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 0.7769 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.8407 | +8.2% |
| 1998 | 0.9559 | +13.7% |
| 1999 | 0.8396 | -12.2% |
| 2000 | 0.7483 | -10.9% |
| 2001 | 0.731 | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 0.6848 | -6.3% |
| 2003 | 0.7048 | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.6974 | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.6394 | -8.3% |
| 2006 | 0.6199 | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 0.6544 | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 0.5891 | -10.0% |
| 2009 | 0.5151 | -12.6% |
| 2010 | 0.5194 | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.6693 | +28.9% |
| 2012 | 0.6567 | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.6606 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.628 | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 0.6367 | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.7031 | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 0.7453 | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 0.6777 | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 0.7389 | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 0.6854 | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 0.681 | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.5744 | -15.6% |
| 2023 | 0.597 | +3.9% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 0.597 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2966, 2.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 0.597 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.4156, 1.4× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in East Timor changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +28.9% | 0.5194 | 0.6693 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9387 | 0.793 | 1.02 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.7987 | 0.7285 | 0.8292 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7858 | 0.7616 | 0.805 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8152 | 0.7767 | 0.9559 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6584 | 0.5151 | 0.7483 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6636 | 0.5194 | 0.7453 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6345 | 0.5744 | 0.6854 | 4 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
More reference data data for East Timor
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural 171.61 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 41.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure Management 75.64 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on 112.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 2.54 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 17.28 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0888 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0468 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.4255 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.9426 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in East Timor?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in East Timor was 0.597 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 in 1964.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5151 in 2009.
- How does East Timor rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- East Timor ranks 51st out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. 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 (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).