Timor-Leste

Military spending in Timor-Leste

Military spending in Timor-Leste: 1.78% of GDP in 2005 and 2.26% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
2.26% of GDP
Since 2005
+0.47 percentage points
Rank, 2025
47 of 151
counting from the highest

% of GDP · SIPRI

Military spending in Timor-LesteMilitary spending in Timor-Leste: 1.78% of GDP in 2005 and 2.26% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 5.02% of GDP in 2009, the lowest 1.08% of GDP in 2021.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 5.02% of GDP in 2009, the lowest 1.08% of GDP in 2021.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearTimor-Leste
20252.26
20242.16
20232.65
20221.38
20211.08
20201.78
20191.69
20181.33
20171.61
20161.6
20152.32
20142.05
20132.27
20122.88
20111.97
20102.99
20095.02
20083.65
20074.37
20063.77
20051.78
  • Estimate

Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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