International Rankings of Timorleste 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Timor-Leste, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Timor-Leste, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	64	0.01	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	200	75	2020
Internet users - percent of population	81	39 %	2021
Internet users - total	165	507000	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	N/A	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	198	1900	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	100	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	157	1.400 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	166	1.396 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	172	879.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	114	75.7 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	50	1.022 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	185	311.500 million US Dollars	2014
Exports	154	2.315 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	180	2.775 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	21	78.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	12	30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	179	33 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	116	52 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	131	10.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	56	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	83	9.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	4	56.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	181	34.4 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	115	28.7 %	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	76	27 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2007
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	13	4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	180	1.523 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	76	5.65 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	164	0.96 %	2019
Labor force	158	569700 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	42	41 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	101	13 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	120	45.1 %	2013
Population below poverty line	33	41.8 %	2014
Public debt	191	3.8 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	172	6.648 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	82	5.29 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	146	5000 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	150	934.781 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	61	22.86 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	140	5.07 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	91	16.8	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	113	11.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	99	13.8	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	188	538000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	211	103.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	162	284000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	157	103.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	167	5.740 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	28	5.105 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	50	5.105 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	42	32900 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	178	3500 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	76	14000 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	183	3481 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	165	0.5 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	124	4.74 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	114	17.88 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	129	25.1	2018
Land use - arable land	95	10.1	2018
Land use - forest	49	49.1	2018
Land use - other	98	25.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	46	4.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	108	10.1	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	86	0.13 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	141	8.220 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	85	1.070 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	100	2.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	103	100.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	35	3.31	2025
Urbanization - urban population	153	32.5	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	160	14874 sq km	0
Area - total	161	14874 sq km	0
Area - water	207	0159 sq km	0
Coastline	94	706 km	0
Elevation - highest point	62	2963 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	116	350 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	146	253 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	129	25.1	2018
Land use - arable land	95	10.1	2018
Land use - forest	49	49.1	2018
Land use - other	98	25.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	46	4.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	108	10.1	2018
Military
Military expenditures	34	1.8 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	135	0.27 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	130	0.05 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	152	0.41 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	87	0.09 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	28	30.36 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	2	37.5 %	2013
Contraceptive prevalence rate	107	26.1 %	2016
Current health expenditure	23	9.9 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	84	55.9 %	2023
Death rate	158	5.55 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	112	8.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	61	11.2 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	9	90.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	50	59.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	19	98 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	50	17.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	41	12.6 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	46	2 % of population	0
Education expenditures	44	4.2 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	20	1.98 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	41	29.53 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	44	36.12 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	40	32.93 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	154	71.98 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	150	68.56 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	153	70.21 years	0
Literacy - female	93	64.2 %	2018
Literacy - male	77	71.9 %	0
Literacy - total population	86	68.1 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	46	204 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	147	20.2 years	2020
Median age - male	140	18.9 years	0
Median age - total	139	19.6 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	54	23	2016
Net migration rate	157	3.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	142	3.8 %	2016
Physicians density	118	0.76 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	157	1.476 million	2023
Population growth rate	35	2.1 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	53	88.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	48	43.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	42	33.7 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	42	11.3 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	27	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	20	0.93 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	6	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	53	10.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	3	67.6 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	6	39.2 %	2020
Total fertility rate	26	4.09 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	35	3.31	2025
Urbanization - urban population	153	32.5	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	91	16.8	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	113	11.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	99	13.8	0
Transportation
Airports	117	6	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	94	41000	3280
Heliports	18	8	2021
Merchant marine - total	143	1	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	100	2	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	109	2600 km	2008
Roadways - total	126	6040 km	2008
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Timor-Leste on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Timor-Leste 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Timor-Leste 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.