Agricultural land in Timor-Leste

Agricultural land made up 23.0% of the land area of Timor-Leste in 2024.

Measure: Agricultural land as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Timor-Leste, 2024 23.0% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 23.0%
World, 2023 36.9% Official aggregate Not the same period as Timor-Leste (2024).
Position in 2024 142nd of 208 See the full ranking

Agricultural land in Timor-Leste over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Agricultural land as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period Timor-LesteWorld
2024 23.0% –
2023 23.0% 36.9%
2022 23.0% 37.0%
2021 23.0% 37.0%
2020 23.0% 36.9%
2019 23.0% 36.9%
2018 23.0% 36.9%
2017 23.0% 37.0%
2016 22.9% 36.8%
2015 22.9% 36.8%
2014 22.9% 37.0%
2013 22.8% 37.0%
2012 22.8% 37.0%
2011 22.8% 36.7%
2010 22.7% 36.5%
2009 22.8% 36.5%
2008 22.6% 36.5%
2007 22.3% 36.6%
2006 22.4% 36.6%
2005 22.4% 36.6%
2004 22.4% 36.6%
2003 22.4% 37.0%
2002 22.6% 37.1%
2001 22.6% 37.2%
2000 22.7% 37.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 22.9%, the figure has changed by +0.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Timor-Leste has the 142nd highest value.

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Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.AGRI.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Timor-Leste
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)