Timor-Leste - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Timor-Leste was 155,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 170,000 in 2006 and a minimum value of 70,000 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 70,000
1962 70,000
1963 70,000
1964 70,000
1965 70,000
1966 70,000
1967 72,000
1968 72,000
1969 73,000
1970 78,000
1971 78,000
1972 80,000
1973 85,000
1974 85,000
1975 85,000
1976 88,000
1977 90,000
1978 96,000
1979 100,000
1980 100,000
1981 100,000
1982 100,000
1983 100,000
1984 100,000
1985 100,000
1986 100,000
1987 100,000
1988 100,000
1989 100,000
1990 110,000
1991 120,000
1992 120,000
1993 125,000
1994 130,000
1995 130,000
1996 130,000
1997 127,000
1998 125,000
1999 120,000
2000 120,000
2001 145,000
2002 145,000
2003 150,000
2004 170,000
2005 170,000
2006 170,000
2007 160,000
2008 160,000
2009 160,000
2010 150,000
2011 150,000
2012 160,000
2013 155,000
2014 155,000
2015 155,000
2016 155,000
2017 155,000
2018 155,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Timor-Leste was 0.122 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.175 in 2004 and a minimum value of 0.122 in 2018.

Definition: 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.145
1962 0.142
1963 0.140
1964 0.137
1965 0.135
1966 0.132
1967 0.134
1968 0.131
1969 0.130
1970 0.136
1971 0.133
1972 0.133
1973 0.138
1974 0.136
1975 0.135
1976 0.140
1977 0.145
1978 0.157
1979 0.166
1980 0.167
1981 0.166
1982 0.163
1983 0.160
1984 0.156
1985 0.152
1986 0.149
1987 0.146
1988 0.142
1989 0.139
1990 0.149
1991 0.158
1992 0.153
1993 0.155
1994 0.157
1995 0.154
1996 0.152
1997 0.147
1998 0.144
1999 0.137
2000 0.136
2001 0.161
2002 0.157
2003 0.158
2004 0.175
2005 0.171
2006 0.167
2007 0.154
2008 0.152
2009 0.149
2010 0.137
2011 0.135
2012 0.141
2013 0.134
2014 0.132
2015 0.130
2016 0.127
2017 0.125
2018 0.122

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Timor-Leste was 10.42 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 11.43 in 2006, while its lowest value was 4.71 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 4.71
1962 4.71
1963 4.71
1964 4.71
1965 4.71
1966 4.71
1967 4.84
1968 4.84
1969 4.91
1970 5.25
1971 5.25
1972 5.38
1973 5.72
1974 5.72
1975 5.72
1976 5.92
1977 6.05
1978 6.46
1979 6.72
1980 6.72
1981 6.72
1982 6.72
1983 6.72
1984 6.72
1985 6.72
1986 6.72
1987 6.72
1988 6.72
1989 6.72
1990 7.40
1991 8.07
1992 8.07
1993 8.41
1994 8.74
1995 8.74
1996 8.74
1997 8.54
1998 8.41
1999 8.07
2000 8.07
2001 9.75
2002 9.75
2003 10.09
2004 11.43
2005 11.43
2006 11.43
2007 10.76
2008 10.76
2009 10.76
2010 10.09
2011 10.09
2012 10.76
2013 10.42
2014 10.42
2015 10.42
2016 10.42
2017 10.42
2018 10.42

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use