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Timor-Leste

Headline economic indicators for Timor-Leste, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Timor-Leste
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · 0.4% -1.63 (-79.2%)
Consumer price index · 181.9 +0.78 (+0.4%)
GDP deflator inflation · -4.7% -3.37 (-256.1%)

GDP

GDP — Timor-Leste
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 7.0% +16.08 (+176.6%)
GDP per capita · 1,340.96 +8.99 (+0.7%)
GDP · 1,902,180,257.83 +36,571,742 (+2.0%)
GDP, PPP · 6,822,343,567 +618,635,184 (+10.0%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 4,809 +380.29 (+8.6%)
GDP per capita growth · 5.6% +15.79 (+155.4%)
GNI per capita · 1,510 -140.00 (-8.5%)
Agriculture to GDP · 20.2% +2.98 (+17.4%)
Industry to GDP · 11.8% -12.05 (-50.5%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 1.9% +0.26 (+15.5%)
Services to GDP · 71.6% +10.63 (+17.4%)
Household consumption to GDP · 83.6% +13.59 (+19.4%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 30.1% +9.62 (+46.9%)
Gross savings to GDP · -21.1% -12.64 (-149.0%)

Labour

Labour — Timor-Leste
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 1.6% +0.07 (+4.5%)
Labour force participation rate · 67.0% +0.22 (+0.3%)
Female labour force participation rate · 61.7% +0.22 (+0.4%)
Youth unemployment rate · 3.7% +0.50 (+15.4%)
Employment to population ratio · 65.9% +0.17 (+0.3%)
Employment in agriculture · 46.0% -0.33 (-0.7%)
Employment in industry · 3.8% -0.02 (-0.4%)
Employment in services · 50.2% +0.34 (+0.7%)

Money

Money — Timor-Leste
Indicator Value Change
Real interest rate · 15.8% +3.76 (+31.1%)
Broad money to GDP · 71.8% +11.77 (+19.6%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 39.1% +4.35 (+12.5%)
Lending rate · 10.4% -0.19 (-1.8%)
Bank deposit rate · 0.5% -0.07 (-13.1%)
Official exchange rate · 1 +0.00 (+0.0%)

Trade

Trade — Timor-Leste
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · -36.9% -4.46 (-13.7%)
Exports to GDP · 10.6% -12.37 (-53.9%)
Imports to GDP · 84.9% +18.51 (+27.9%)
Trade to GDP · 95.4% +6.14 (+6.9%)
Exports of goods and services · 196,962,600 -279,784,400 (-58.7%)
Imports of goods and services · 1,583,732,800 +203,151,000 (+14.7%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · -1,042,930,252.24 -49,669,053 (-5.0%)
Current account balance (annual) · -701,359,250.77 -96,611,787 (-16.0%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 13.3% +1.23 (+10.2%)
Remittances received to GDP · 10.0% -1.78 (-15.2%)
Total reserves, including gold · 806,280,712.72 +27,267,609 (+3.5%)
Reserves in months of imports · 5.8 +0.02 (+0.3%)
External debt to GNI · 15.4% +2.81 (+22.4%)

Government

Government — Timor-Leste
Indicator Value Change
Government revenue to GDP · 51.5% +17.70 (+52.4%)
Government expense to GDP · 52.5% +11.30 (+27.4%)
Tax revenue to GDP · 21.6% +6.56 (+43.5%)
Government budget balance to GDP · 1.6% +8.39 (+123.3%)
Government consumption to GDP · 60.6% +7.65 (+14.5%)
Education spending to GDP · 5.2% +2.27 (+76.2%)
Health spending to GDP · 9.6% +2.13 (+28.6%)

Demography

Demography — Timor-Leste
Indicator Value Change
Population · 1,418,517 +17,879 (+1.3%)
Population growth · 1.3% +0.09 (+8.0%)
Life expectancy · 67.9 +0.22 (+0.3%)
Fertility rate · 2.63 -0.08 (-3.0%)
Birth rate · 21.8 -0.31 (-1.4%)
Death rate · 7.2 -0.05 (-0.7%)
Urban population share · 28.8% +0.12 (+0.4%)
Population aged 65 and over · 5.2% -0.05 (-0.9%)
Under-five mortality rate · 47.6 -1.60 (-3.3%)
Population density · 94.2 +1.10 (+1.2%)
Net migration · -2,550 +2.00 (+0.1%)
Gini index · 28.7 +0.90 (+3.2%)

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