Timor-Leste — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Timor-Leste, 1990–2025.
GDP for Timor-Leste was 1.90 billion in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.63 billion in 2021. The lowest was 128.21 million in 1990 (about 14.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 8.01% per year.
Timor-Leste ranks 192 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 91%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 18.30 billion, so Timor-Leste sits below it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 48% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 20%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 24 of 36 economies; Solomon Islands (1.75 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 68% in 2021. That is 10% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1990 level: doubled by 1995; grown tenfold by 2013. Doubling roughly every 9.0 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 183rd of 192 in 1990 → 192nd of 204 in 2000 → 195th of 212 in 2010 → 181st of 210 in 2020 → 169th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1990 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,902,180,257.83 | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 1,865,608,515.41 | -10.3% |
| 2023 | 2,079,767,200 | -35.2% |
| 2022 | 3,208,599,900 | -11.5% |
| 2021 | 3,625,024,300 | +67.6% |
| 2020 | 2,162,619,200 | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 2,032,550,400 | +30.6% |
| 2018 | 1,555,988,600 | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 1,584,878,400 | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 1,640,464,600 | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 1,590,282,400 | +9.9% |
| 2014 | 1,447,535,200 | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 1,395,727,400 | +20.3% |
| 2012 | 1,160,555,000 | +11.3% |
| 2011 | 1,042,534,600 | +18.2% |
| 2010 | 881,909,300 | +21.3% |
| 2009 | 726,937,800 | +12.1% |
| 2008 | 648,523,600 | +19.5% |
| 2007 | 542,795,400 | +19.6% |
| 2006 | 453,792,400 | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 462,268,000 | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 440,772,000 | -10.1% |
| 2003 | 490,439,100 | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 469,455,500 | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 477,359,300 | +30.1% |
| 2000 | 366,924,300 | +62.8% |
| 1999 | 225,357,600 | -30.8% |
| 1998 | 325,729,800 | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 319,972,700 | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 306,956,900 | +16.8% |
| 1995 | 262,819,900 | +9.9% |
| 1994 | 239,040,500 | +10.2% |
| 1993 | 216,914,400 | +15.4% |
| 1992 | 187,891,500 | +27.2% |
| 1991 | 147,713,000 | +15.2% |
| 1990 | 128,210,142 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Timor-Leste’s GDP in 1991?
147,713,000 (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Timor-Leste’s GDP 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 growing or shrinking?
Between 1990 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +1383.6% in total — about 8.0% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.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: 1,902,180,257.83; 2024: 1,865,608,515.41; 2023: 2,079,767,200; 2022: 3,208,599,900; 2021: 3,625,024,300. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (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.