Timor-Leste
Government debt in Timor-Leste
Government debt in Timor-Leste: 0% of GDP in 2012 and 13.6% of GDP in 2024, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 13.6% of GDP
- Since 2012
- +13.6 percentage points
- Projected, 2031
- 15.3% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 15.3% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Timor-Leste |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.6 |
| 2023 | 12.2 |
| 2022 | 7.6 |
| 2021 | 6.5 |
| 2020 | 10.1 |
| 2019 | 9.5 |
| 2018 | 9.3 |
| 2017 | 6.7 |
| 2016 | 4.7 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1.5 |
| 2013 | 0.5 |
| 2012 | 0 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
| Year | Timor-Leste |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 13.3 |
| 2026 | 13.9 |
| 2027 | 13.9 |
| 2028 | 13.8 |
| 2029 | 13.8 |
| 2030 | 13.9 |
| 2031 | 15.3 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- 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 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