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Topic 02 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Timor-Leste: Economy & Innovation
What does an economy do for the people inside it?
Timor-Leste is placed 167th of 176 countries on economy & innovation in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GDP per Capita (PPP) 4,110 (2025); Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit 8.318 (2025).
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Economy & Innovation
167th
of 176 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 4 key statistics
- 4,110GDP per Capita (PPP), 2025GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP)
- 8.318Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit, 2025Firms with a bank loan or line of credit (%)
- —Economic Complexity Index, 2024No reading for this country
- —Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, 2024No reading for this country
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Timor-Leste on economy & innovation — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
4,110
GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP)
Higher is better
Timor-Leste: 4,110. Across the 185 countries in this edition, values run from 1,067 (Burundi) to 139,593 (Singapore); the world median is 17,265.
- World median
- 17,265
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 139,593 Singapore
- Land neighbours
- Indonesia 15,091
Key 2 of 4
Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit
World Bank Group
Latest reading per country, 2016–2025 · Timor-Leste’s is from 2021 · CC BY 4.0
8.318
Firms with a bank loan or line of credit (%)
Higher is better
Timor-Leste: 8.318. Across the 179 countries at their latest reading, values run from 2.113 (Pakistan) to 88.52 (Israel); the world median is 35.95.
- World median
- 35.95
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 45.89 Thailand
- Land neighbours
- Indonesia 19.99
Key 3 of 4
Economic Complexity Index
Growth Lab at Harvard University
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC0 1.0
No reading
ECI score (standardised, roughly −3 to +3)
Higher is better
Growth Lab at Harvard University publishes no 2024 figure for Timor-Leste, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 145 countries in this edition, values run from -3.53 (Chad) to 1.729 (Japan); the world median is 0.131.
- World median
- 0.131
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 1.52 Singapore
- Land neighbours
- Indonesia 0.223
Key 4 of 4
Account Ownership at a Financial Institution
World Bank Group
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
No reading
Adults with an account (% of population aged 15+)
Higher is better
World Bank Group publishes no 2024 figure for Timor-Leste, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 14.83 (Niger) to 99.85 (Iceland); the world median is 72.83.
- World median
- 72.83
- Best in South-eastern Asia
- 97.97 Singapore
- Land neighbours
- Indonesia 56.33
02Over time
Which way Timor-Leste is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
GDP per Capita (PPP)
GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP) · higher is better
Timor-LesteWorld median
Timor-Leste rose from 3,784 in 2000 to 4,110 in 2025; the world median went from 10,589 to 17,265.
Every year’s figures
Year Timor-Leste World median 2025 4,110 17,265 2024 3,891 18,108 2023 4,331 17,686 2022 5,348 16,933 2021 6,825 16,260 2020 6,595 15,631 2019 5,103 16,761 2018 4,189 16,349 2017 4,290 16,129 2016 4,515 15,512 2015 4,468 14,857 2014 4,445 14,475 2013 4,340 14,681 2012 4,298 14,631 2011 4,190 13,916 2010 4,047 14,101 2009 3,792 13,655 2008 3,531 14,030 2007 3,257 13,755 2006 3,039 12,983 2005 3,264 12,023 2004 3,235 11,608 2003 3,265 11,183 2002 3,481 11,144 2001 4,038 10,907 2000 3,784 10,589
03In context
Timor-Leste beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 176 countries on economy & innovation, never a place within the region.
Timor-Leste and the countries it borders
Standing among all 176; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GDP per Capita (PPP)GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP) | Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of CreditFirms with a bank loan or line of credit (%) | Economic Complexity IndexECI score (standardised, roughly −3 to +3) | Account Ownership at a Financial InstitutionAdults with an account (% of population aged 15+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Indonesia | =110th | 15,091 | 19.99 | 0.223 | 56.33 |
| Timor-Leste | 167th | 4,110 | 8.318 | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across South-eastern Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 176.
Placed either side on economy & innovation
The countries immediately above and below Timor-Leste in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Timor-Leste is ahead of the world, and behind
34 more statistics filed under economy & innovation, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median6
Statistics on which Timor-Leste does better than the middle country measured.
Debt Service on External DebtWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 12.933.05112.93▼ Worsened since 2014
Timor-Leste: 3.051 · world median 12.93 · Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.285 to 96.2; lower is better.
Position 102nd of 109 · derived, 1st = worst.
External Debt Stocks (% of GNI)World Bank Group · 2024 · world median 43.9415.3743.94▼ Worsened since 2014
Timor-Leste: 15.37 · world median 43.94 · External debt stocks (% of GNI). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 2.213 to 350.57; lower is better.
Position 101st of 110 · derived, 1st = worst.
GDP GrowthWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 3.3966.9753.396▲ Improved since 2015
Timor-Leste: 6.975 · world median 3.396 · GDP growth (annual %). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -5.847 to 19.34; higher is better.
Position 18th of 186 · derived.
Firms Competing Against Informal FirmsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 41.8114.241.81No earlier reading
Timor-Leste: 14.2 · world median 41.81 · Firms competing against unregistered or informal firms (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.926 to 90.5; lower is better.
Position 164th of 181 · derived, 1st = worst.
Interest Payments on External DebtWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 1.4510.5771.451▼ Worsened since 2014
Timor-Leste: 0.577 · world median 1.451 · Interest payments on external debt (% of GNI). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.069 to 17.92; lower is better.
Position 89th of 112 · derived, 1st = worst.
Crop Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.23107.66106.23▼ Worsened since 2012
Timor-Leste: 107.66 · world median 106.23 · Crop production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 53.79 to 189.93; higher is better.
Position 86th of 195 · derived.
Behind the world median16
Statistics on which Timor-Leste does worse than the middle country measured.
Food Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.08101.69106.08▼ Worsened since 2012
Timor-Leste: 101.69 · world median 106.08 · Food production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 71.08 to 177.49; higher is better.
Position 124th of 195 · derived.
Productive Capacities IndexUNCTAD · 2022 · world median 46.6740.4746.67▲ Improved since 2012
Timor-Leste: 40.47 · world median 46.67 · Productive Capacities Index (1–100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 17.8 to 71.02; higher is better.
Position 133rd of 195 · derived.
Management Practices IndexWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 52.3945.7452.39No earlier reading
Timor-Leste: 45.74 · world median 52.39 · Management practices index, medium and large firms (0–100). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 28.07 to 69.29; higher is better.
Position 126th of 169 · derived.
Regulatory QualityWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median -0.093-0.732-0.093▲ Improved since 2015
Timor-Leste: -0.732 · world median -0.093 · Regulatory Quality (−2.5 to 2.5). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -2.106 to 2.113; higher is better.
Position 161st of 209 · derived.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.4742.4377.474▼ Worsened since 2014
Timor-Leste: 2.437 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 92nd of 118 · derived.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.2420.485▲ Improved since 2013
Timor-Leste: 0.242 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 139th of 170 · derived.
Livestock Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 107.0692.01107.06▼ Worsened since 2012
Timor-Leste: 92.01 · world median 107.06 · Livestock production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 35.52 to 190.08; higher is better.
Position 168th of 194 · derived.
Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.425.26425.42▼ Worsened since 2014
Timor-Leste: 5.264 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.
Position 153rd of 170 · derived.
Government AI Readiness IndexOxford Insights · 2025 · world median 40.1918.3940.19▼ Worsened since 2020
Timor-Leste: 18.39 · world median 40.19 · AI readiness score (0–100). Oxford Insights, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 12.12 to 88.36; higher is better.
Ranked 179th of 195 by Oxford Insights.
Business Ready: Public ServicesWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 50.1323.850.13No earlier reading
Timor-Leste: 23.8 · world median 50.13 · Public services score (0–100). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 18.35 to 73.31; higher is better.
Position 46th of 50 · derived.
Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 56.2112.2356.21No real change since 2016
Timor-Leste: 12.23 · world median 56.21 · LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 4.13 to 1,319; higher is better.
Ranked 161st of 175 by UNCTAD.
Business Ready: Operational EfficiencyWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 65.8244.8365.82No earlier reading
Timor-Leste: 44.83 · world median 65.82 · Operational efficiency score (0–100). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 40.36 to 87.33; higher is better.
Position 48th of 50 · derived.
Water-Use EfficiencyFAO · 2023 · world median 16.11.3516.1No real change since 2013
Timor-Leste: 1.35 · world median 16.1 · Value added per cubic metre of freshwater withdrawn (constant US$ per m³). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.38 to 1,378; higher is better.
Firms with an International Quality CertificationWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 10.40.38910.4No earlier reading
Timor-Leste: 0.389 · world median 10.4 · Firms with an internationally recognised quality certification (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 45.77; higher is better.
Adjusted Net SavingsWorld Bank Group · 2021 · world median 8.389-81.628.389▼ Worsened since 2015
Timor-Leste: -81.62 · world median 8.389 · Adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (% of GNI). World Bank Group, 2021 edition, data for 2021.
Published values in that edition run from -81.62 to 32.18; higher is better.
Position 118th of 118 · derived.
Business Ready: Regulatory FrameworkWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 66.846.2166.8No earlier reading
Timor-Leste: 46.21 · world median 66.8 · Regulatory framework score (0–100). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 46.21 to 78.34; higher is better.
Position 50th of 50 · derived.
No better end12
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2021 · world median 1.70834.731.708Moved since 2015
Timor-Leste: 34.73 · world median 1.708 · Natural resources rents (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2021 edition, data for 2021.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.03.
Position 6th of 180 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Foreign Direct Investment InflowsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 1.96812.711.968Moved since 2015
Timor-Leste: 12.71 · world median 1.968 · FDI inflows (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -32.97 to 2,221.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1794.8267.17Moved since 2014
Timor-Leste: 94.82 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.23135.19103.23Moved since 2015
Timor-Leste: 135.19 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.4510.306Moved since 2015
Timor-Leste: 0.451 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.6027.3729.602Moved since 2015
Timor-Leste: 7.372 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.
Scholarly ArticlesOurResearch · 2025 · world median 2,2404342,240Moved since 2022
Timor-Leste: 434 · world median 2,240 · Articles with at least one author at an institution in the country (full counting). OpenAlex (OurResearch), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 1,094,890.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.7312.42275.73Moved since 2016
Timor-Leste: 12.42 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
Statutory Minimum WageILO · 2024 · world median 657.95252.35657.95Moved since 2014
Timor-Leste: 252.35 · world median 657.95 · Statutory minimum wage per month (2021 PPP $). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.038 to 3,804.
Tax Revenue (% of GDP)OECD · 2024 · world median 21.8510.0221.85Moved since 2014
Timor-Leste: 10.02 · world median 21.85 · Total tax revenue, all levels of government (% of GDP). OECD, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 3.11 to 45.18.
Inflation, GDP DeflatorWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 3.306-4.6883.306Moved since 2015
Timor-Leste: -4.688 · world median 3.306 · Annual change in the GDP implicit deflator (%). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -7.93 to 227.09.
Gross Savings (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2024 · world median 22.06-21.1322.06Moved since 2014
Timor-Leste: -21.13 · world median 22.06 · Gross savings (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from -21.13 to 47.82.
Position 146th of 146 · derived, counted from the highest value.
No current reading for Timor-Leste
Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, Actual Individual Consumption per Capita (PPP), Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP) (last 2024), Average Monthly Earnings of Employees (last 2021), Complexity Outlook Index, Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, Container Port Traffic (last 2019), Creative Goods Exports (last 2023), Creative Services Exports, Economic Complexity Index, Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2024), Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, General Government Consumption (last 2024), Gini Index (last 2014), Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID) (last 2014), Global Innovation Index, GNI per Capita (PPP) (last 2024), Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP) (last 2024), Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), Household Consumption (last 2024), ICT Goods Exports (last 2023), Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2024), Income Share Held by Lowest 20% (last 2014), Income Share Held by Richest 10% (last 2014), Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP) (last 2024), Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), Logistics Performance Index (last 2007), Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) (last 2024), New Business Density (last 2022), Palma Ratio (last 2014), Price Level of Household Consumption, Research and Development Spending, Researchers per Million Inhabitants, Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate, Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All Products (last 2021), Total Factor Productivity Level, Trade (% of GDP) (last 2024) and World Energy Trilemma Index. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Economy & Innovation among Timor-Leste’s 15 topics
Economy & Innovation is Timor-Leste’s 15th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Peace & Securityjoint 30th of 1774/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability32nd of 1864/4 keys
- Gender & Equality51st of 1833/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Libertiesjoint 73rd of 1984/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality77th of 1592/3 keys
- Work & Labour90th of 1824/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions114th of 1944/4 keys
- Education & Knowledgejoint 123rd of 1984/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade111th of 1772/4 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 147th of 1963/3 keys
- Risk & Resilience146th of 1933/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing177th of 2003/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture164th of 1843/4 keys
- Digital & Technology182nd of 1984/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation167th of 1762/4 keys
No standing on Energy: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on economy & innovation
The three countries placed highest of 176, and the leaders Timor-Leste can most readily be measured against.
1
AustriaWestern Europe
1st of 176 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0, greyscale
2
JapanEastern Asia
2nd of 176 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: JurriaanH · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
GermanyWestern Europe
3rd of 176 · 4 of 4 keys
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
Japan2nd4/4 keysHighest in South-eastern Asia
Singapore=24th4/4 keysThis page
Timor-Leste167th2/4 keys
Positions out of 176 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Timor-Leste and economy & innovation
On economy & innovation
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On economy & innovation
India vs Pakistan 2025: Comparison of Hunger Index, Happiness, HDI, Rule of Law, Literacy & GDP
India and Pakistan on six published measures: hunger, happiness, human development, rule of law, literacy and GDP per capita, each from its own publisher and year.
On economy & innovation
Countries in Asia with the highest average salaries 2024
Thirteen Asian countries by gross average monthly wage, each carrying its WORLD rank rather than an Asian one — so the numbers skip, from 11th place to 45th.
08Questions
Timor-Leste on economy & innovation: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Timor-Leste rank on economy & innovation?
Timor-Leste is placed 167th of 176 countries on Economy & Innovation in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics (GDP per Capita (PPP) and Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GDP per Capita (PPP) figure for Timor-Leste?
4,110 in 2025 (gDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 17,265.
What is the latest Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit figure for Timor-Leste?
8.318 in 2025 (firms with a bank loan or line of credit (%)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 35.95.
How does Timor-Leste compare with Indonesia on economy & innovation?
Indonesia is placed joint 110th of 176, and Timor-Leste 167th. GDP per Capita (PPP): Indonesia 15,091, Timor-Leste 4,110; Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit: Indonesia 19.99, Timor-Leste 8.318.
How have Timor-Leste’s economy & innovation figures changed?
GDP per Capita (PPP) rose from 3,784 in 2000 to 4,110 in 2025.
Which economy & innovation statistics are missing for Timor-Leste?
No current reading is published for Timor-Leste on Account Ownership at a Financial Institution, Actual Individual Consumption per Capita (PPP), Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), Average Monthly Earnings of Employees, Complexity Outlook Index, Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, Container Port Traffic, Creative Goods Exports, Creative Services Exports, Economic Complexity Index, Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, General Government Consumption, Gini Index, Gini Index of Disposable Income (SWIID), Global Innovation Index, GNI per Capita (PPP), Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP), Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), Household Consumption, ICT Goods Exports, Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, Income Share Held by Richest 10%, Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP), Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), Logistics Performance Index, Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), New Business Density, Palma Ratio, Price Level of Household Consumption, Research and Development Spending, Researchers per Million Inhabitants, Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rate, Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All Products, Total Factor Productivity Level, Trade (% of GDP) and World Energy Trilemma Index. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
The total size of an economy is deliberately left out: a very large economy spread over a very large population is not doing more for each person. Growth rates, trade shares and the structure of output (how much is farming, industry or services) are published here as context, because they describe an economy's shape rather than how well it serves people. Jobs and wages have their own topic, Work & Labour.
How the Economy & Innovation standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The economy & innovation method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GDP per Capita (PPP) — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Economic Complexity Index — Growth Lab at Harvard University, CC0 1.0
- Account Ownership at a Financial Institution — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
The other 34 statistics on this page come from 7 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Timor-Leste’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Timor-Leste (banner) — Nhobgood Nick Hobgood, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Austria — chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Japan — JurriaanH, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Germany — dronepicr, CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Timor-Leste: Economy & Innovation — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/timor-leste/economy