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

GDP growth in Timor-LesteGDP growth in Timor-Leste: 16.4% a year in 2001 and 4.3% a year in 2024, by IMF estimates. The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 3.2% a year in 2031.
Estimates, IMFIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

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

YearTimor-Leste
20244.3
20232.4
20224
20213
2020-8.5
20192.7
2018-0.5
2017-3.2
20163
20152.5
20144.5
20133.1
20124.9
20116
20109.3
200910.1
200811.4
200710.3
2006-4.1
20053
20040.4
2003-2.2
2002-6.7
200116.4
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearTimor-Leste
20254.5
20264
20273.7
20283.7
20293.5
20303.3
20313.2

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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