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Timor-Leste

East Asia & Pacific · Lower middle income · capital Dili

Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

67.9years

Ranks 168 of 217 in 2024

9% below world median · 7% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

47.6per 1,000 live births

Ranks 164 of 196 in 2024

2.2× above world median · 1.8× above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

192per 100,000 live births

Ranks 157 of 194 in 2023

3.1× above world median · 1.3× above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2020 · 6 years old

46.7% of under-5s

Ranks 25 of 26 in 2020

1.5× above world median · 1.4× above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 26 countries reporting in 2020 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

9.60% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

51% above world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

2.63births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

39% above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Adult literacy

2022 · 4 years old

69.4% of adults 15+

Ranks 37 of 45 in 2022

24% below world median · 28% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 45 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Primary enrolment

2023 · 3 years old

119.7% gross

Ranks 10 of 166 in 2023

20% above world median · 19% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 166 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Education spending

2023 · 3 years old

5.24% of GDP

Ranks 24 of 121 in 2023

43% above world median · 40% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 121 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

1,341current US$

Ranks 163 of 186 in 2025

83% below world median · 80% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

4,809international $

Ranks 156 of 185 in 2025

76% below world median · 71% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2014 · 12 years old

44.0% of population

Ranks 81 of 84 in 2014

31.6× above world median · 54.0× above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 84 countries reporting in 2014 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2014 · 12 years old

28.7index, 0–100

Ranks 17 of 84 in 2014

18% below world median · 17% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 84 countries reporting in 2014 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

1.6% of labour force

Ranks 14 of 182 in 2025

69% below world median · 48% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

0.4% per year

Not ranked — no better end

86% below world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2024 · 2 years old

2.66% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

68% above world median

Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

94.3% of population

Ranks 156 of 215 in 2024

6% below world median · 6% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2021 · 5 years old

35.0% of population

Ranks 151 of 180 in 2021

54% below world median · 53% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 180 countries reporting in 2021 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

0.50t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

80% below world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

1.4mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

78% below world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Timor-Leste has no figure in this dataset for Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.