Fertiliser use in Timor-Leste

Farmers in Timor-Leste used 1.2 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2022.

Measure: Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land Unit: Kilograms per hectare of arable land Data: 2002 to 2022 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Timor-Leste is for 2022. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Timor-Leste, 2022 1.2 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2021 −6.3% 2021: 1.3 kg per hectare
World, 2022 134.9 kg per hectare Official aggregate

Fertiliser use in Timor-Leste over time

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Kilograms per hectare of arable land. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land (kilograms per hectare of arable land), 2000 to 2023
Period Timor-LesteWorld
2023 – 136.5 kg per hectare
2022 1.2 kg per hectare 134.9 kg per hectare
2021 1.3 kg per hectare 142.6 kg per hectare
2020 0.8 kg per hectare 144.6 kg per hectare
2019 1.3 kg per hectare 135.5 kg per hectare
2018 0.5 kg per hectare 136.9 kg per hectare
2017 0.4 kg per hectare 138.0 kg per hectare
2016 1.0 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2015 2.1 kg per hectare 132.9 kg per hectare
2014 0.2 kg per hectare 136.1 kg per hectare
2013 1.1 kg per hectare 133.2 kg per hectare
2012 1.5 kg per hectare 130.8 kg per hectare
2011 – 133.5 kg per hectare
2010 3.1 kg per hectare 128.9 kg per hectare
2009 0.2 kg per hectare 117.6 kg per hectare
2008 0.0 kg per hectare 116.6 kg per hectare
2007 – 124.3 kg per hectare
2006 0.3 kg per hectare 118.8 kg per hectare
2005 – 115.3 kg per hectare
2004 – 114.9 kg per hectare
2003 0.0 kg per hectare 109.6 kg per hectare
2002 0.2 kg per hectare 106.4 kg per hectare
2001 – 103.1 kg per hectare
2000 – 101.1 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −6.3% from 1.3 kg per hectare in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 1.5 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −21.0%.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 134.9 kg per hectare.

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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.CON.FERT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2002 to 2022 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)