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East Timor

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Key indicators

GDP per capita (PPP) (2031)
$6,337
GDP (2031)
$3.0B
GDP growth (2031)
3.2% ↓
Inflation (2031)
2.0% →
Unemployment (2025)
1.6% ↑
Population (2031)
1.5M
Population growth (2031)
1.5% ↓
Gini index (2014)
28.7
Government debt (2031)
16.0% of GDP
Current account (2031)
-35.3% of GDP
FDI inflows (2025)
$253.2M
Life expectancy (2024)
67.9 yrs
Health spending (2023)
9.6% of GDP
Internet users (2021)
35.0%
Mobile subscriptions (2024)
116.4/100
Trade openness (2024)
95.5% of GDP
Exchange rate (2025)
1.00/USD
Foreign reserves (2025)
$850.6M
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. Most recent data: 2031.

GDP overview

Nominal GDP and real growth. Dashed = IMF forecast.

GDP per capita (PPP)

Purchasing power parity adjusted, in international dollars

Inflation (CPI)

Unemployment

ILO modeled estimate

Population

Fiscal and trade

Government debt (2031)
16.0% of GDP
Current account (2031)
-35.3% of GDP
FDI inflows (2025)
$253.2M

Income inequality (Gini)

Gini index (2014)
0.29
Assessment
Low inequality
Source: World Bank PIP via OWID. 0 = perfect equality, 1 = maximum inequality.

Business environment

New business density (2022)
2.34/1k
Tax revenue (2022)
21.6% of GDP
Services sector (2024)
71.6% of GDP

Financial access and costs

ATMs per 100k (2023)
16.2
Bank branches per 100k (2023)
5.3
ICT service exports (2025)
4.4%
Goods and services tax (2022)
3.5%

Historical data

Historical economic data
Year GDP GDP/cap PPP Growth Inflation Unemp. Population Gini Debt Curr. acct FDI Life exp. Health Internet FX rate
2031 * $3.0B $6,337 3.2% 2.0% - 1.5M - 16.0% -35.3% - - - - -
2030 * $2.8B $6,059 3.3% 2.0% - 1.5M - 14.7% -35.1% - - - - -
2029 * $2.6B $5,791 3.4% 2.0% - 1.5M - 14.7% -34.4% - - - - -
2028 * $2.5B $5,527 3.6% 2.0% - 1.5M - 14.8% -33.9% - - - - -
2027 * $2.3B $5,260 3.8% 2.0% - 1.4M - 14.9% -33.1% - - - - -
2026 * $2.2B $4,996 4.1% 2.1% - 1.4M - 14.9% -32.0% - - - - -
2025 $2.1B $4,809 4.5% 0.5% 1.6% 1.4M - 14.3% -34.0% $253.2M - - - 1.00
2024 $1.9B $4,429 4.3% 2.1% 1.5% 1.4M - 14.4% -32.4% $225.5M 67.9 - - 1.00
2023 $2.1B $4,811 2.4% 8.4% 1.5% 1.4M - 12.4% -9.3% $122.2M 67.7 9.6% - 1.00
2022 $3.2B $5,729 4.0% 7.0% 1.5% 1.4M - 7.9% 15.2% $53.7M 67.4 7.5% - 1.00
2021 $3.6B $6,825 3.0% 3.8% 2.3% 1.3M - 6.5% 54.8% -$239.0M 66.2 4.9% 35.0% 1.00
2020 $2.2B $6,132 -8.5% 0.5% 2.8% 1.3M - 10.1% 22.5% -$350.5M 66.9 7.3% 32.0% 1.00
2019 $2.0B $4,557 2.7% 0.9% 3.2% 1.3M - 9.5% 22.2% -$158.4M 66.5 5.0% 28.0% 1.00
2018 $1.6B $3,561 -0.5% 2.3% 3.8% 1.3M - 9.3% -12.3% $47.9M 66.2 6.4% 27.6% 1.00
2017 $1.6B $3,463 -3.2% 0.5% 4.3% 1.2M - 6.7% -17.9% $6.7M 65.9 6.8% 24.2% 1.00
2016 $1.6B $3,391 3.0% -1.5% 4.7% 1.2M - 4.7% -33.2% $5.5M 65.6 6.9% 21.2% 1.00
2015 $1.6B $3,108 2.5% 0.6% 3.7% 1.2M - 2.9% 12.8% $43.0M 65.3 7.7% 18.6% 1.00
2014 $1.4B $2,860 4.5% 0.8% 3.6% 1.2M 28.7 1.5% 75.6% $33.9M 65.0 7.6% 17.5% 1.00
2013 $1.4B $2,566 3.1% 9.5% 3.6% 1.1M - 0.5% 171.4% $55.9M 64.7 8.5% 11.0% 1.00
2012 $1.2B $2,386 4.9% 10.9% 3.5% 1.1M - 0.0% 228.2% $40.4M 64.4 7.0% 7.0% 1.00
2011 $1.0B $2,066 6.0% 13.2% 3.4% 1.1M - 0.0% 212.9% $49.1M 64.0 6.9% 4.0% 1.00
2010 $882.0M $1,955 9.3% 5.2% 3.3% 1.1M - 0.0% 180.2% $30.3M 63.7 6.5% 3.0% 1.00
2009 $727.0M $1,810 10.1% -0.2% 3.3% 1.0M - 0.0% 164.5% $48.0M 63.3 7.3% 2.0% 1.00
2008 $648.0M $1,675 11.4% 7.4% 3.4% 1.0M - 0.0% 314.9% $39.7M 62.9 7.0% 1.5% 1.00
2007 $543.0M $1,516 10.3% 8.6% 3.5% 991.0K 27.8 0.0% 215.1% $8.7M 62.4 5.7% 1.0% 1.00
2006 $454.0M $1,377 -4.1% 5.2% 3.6% 962.0K - 0.0% 119.8% $8.5M 61.9 6.0% 0.5% 1.00
2005 $462.0M $1,435 3.0% 1.6% 3.6% 934.0K - 0.0% 56.7% $908,000 61.3 5.3% 0.1% 1.00
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. * = IMF forecast.

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