Timor-Leste — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Timor-Leste, 1990–2025.
GDP per capita for Timor-Leste was 1,341 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2,685 in 2021. The lowest was 169 in 1990 (about 8.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.10% per year.
Timor-Leste ranks 185 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 87%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 8,489, so Timor-Leste sits below it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 50% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 2%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 36 of 36 economies; Myanmar (1,489) is just above it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 82% in 2000. That is 16% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1990 level: doubled by 1996; grown tenfold by 2021. Doubling roughly every 12 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 188th of 192 in 1990 → 166th of 204 in 2000 → 188th of 212 in 2010 → 173rd of 210 in 2020 → 163rd of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1990 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,340.96 | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 1,331.97 | -11.3% |
| 2023 | 1,502.41 | -35.9% |
| 2022 | 2,343.25 | -12.7% |
| 2021 | 2,684.93 | +64.6% |
| 2020 | 1,630.87 | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 1,562.36 | +28.1% |
| 2018 | 1,219.47 | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 1,266.18 | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 1,335.54 | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 1,319.59 | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 1,224.75 | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 1,204.57 | +17.8% |
| 2012 | 1,022.62 | +8.9% |
| 2011 | 939.05 | +15.5% |
| 2010 | 813.06 | +18.4% |
| 2009 | 686.58 | +9.3% |
| 2008 | 628.15 | +16.3% |
| 2007 | 540.15 | +16.2% |
| 2006 | 464.67 | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 487.46 | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 474.42 | -11.3% |
| 2003 | 534.9 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 533.98 | -9.1% |
| 2001 | 587.7 | +19.3% |
| 2000 | 492.46 | +82.4% |
| 1999 | 269.99 | -21.9% |
| 1998 | 345.59 | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 348.86 | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 344.01 | +13.6% |
| 1995 | 302.74 | +7.0% |
| 1994 | 283.06 | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 264.07 | +12.3% |
| 1992 | 235.06 | +23.9% |
| 1991 | 189.79 | +12.6% |
| 1990 | 168.62 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Timor-Leste’s GDP per capita in 1991?
189.79 (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Timor-Leste’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Timor-Leste’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1990 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +695.3% in total — about 6.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 1,340.96; 2024: 1,331.97; 2023: 1,502.41; 2022: 2,343.25; 2021: 2,684.93. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.