Timor-Leste's agriculture share fell from 28.4 % in 2000 to 20.2 % in 2024.
Timor-Leste · Agriculture & natural resources
Land, production, employment and resource rents.
20 indicators · 20 with data
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
% of employment
26th of 182 · 3rd in East Asia & Pacific
Timor-Leste's employment in agriculture (% of total employment) fell from 56.8 % in 1996 to 46.0 % in 2025.
Timor-Leste's resource rents rose from 0.4 % in 2000 to 34.7 % in 2021.
Timor-Leste's agricultural land (% of land area) rose from 22.9 % in 1994 to 23.0 % in 2023.
Timor-Leste's arable land (% of land area) fell from 8.7 % in 1994 to 7.5 % in 2023.
Timor-Leste's arable land (hectares per person) fell from 0 ha in 1994 to 0 ha in 2023.
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- Cereal yieldup +9.5 %115th of 179
- Food production indexup +11.9 pts124th of 195
- Crop production indexup +14.2 pts86th of 195
- Livestock production indexup +8.1 pts168th of 194
- Oil productiondown −20.4 %59th of 204*
- Gas productiondown −18.1 %47th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*
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- Fertilizer consumptiondown −6.3 %188th of 193
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- Oil rents (% of GDP)up +2.5 pts24th of 190
- Mineral rents (% of GDP)unchanged +0.0 pts90th of 197
- Forest rents (% of GDP)down −0.1 pts126th of 197
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- Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)up +0.1 pts129th of 160
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- Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurityunchanged +0.0 pts113th of 146
- Prevalence of undernourishmentup +0.5 pts136th of 165