Timor-Leste
GDP growth in Timor-Leste
GDP growth in Timor-Leste: 16.4% a year in 2001 and 4.3% a year in 2024, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 4.3% a year
- Since 2001
- −12 percentage points
- Projected, 2031
- 3.2% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 3.2% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 16.4% a year in 2001, the lowest -8.5% a year in 2020.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Timor-Leste |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.3 |
| 2023 | 2.4 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2020 | -8.5 |
| 2019 | 2.7 |
| 2018 | -0.5 |
| 2017 | -3.2 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2.5 |
| 2014 | 4.5 |
| 2013 | 3.1 |
| 2012 | 4.9 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2010 | 9.3 |
| 2009 | 10.1 |
| 2008 | 11.4 |
| 2007 | 10.3 |
| 2006 | -4.1 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0.4 |
| 2003 | -2.2 |
| 2002 | -6.7 |
| 2001 | 16.4 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
| Year | Timor-Leste |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.5 |
| 2026 | 4 |
| 2027 | 3.7 |
| 2028 | 3.7 |
| 2029 | 3.5 |
| 2030 | 3.3 |
| 2031 | 3.2 |
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
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Military
- Military spending2.26% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$47.5M in 2025
- Military spending per person$34 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel2,000 people in 2020
- National power0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.36% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports14 million TIV in 2011