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Timor-Leste — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Timor-Leste, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
66.98%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -6.8% since 1990
Labor participation for Timor-Leste was 66.98% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 72.65% in 1999. The lowest was 65.92% in 2020 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.20% per year.
Timor-Leste ranks 46 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 25%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 64.35%, so Timor-Leste sits above it. It peaked in 1999 and has fallen 8% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
66.98%
First (1990)
71.90%
Change
-6.8%
Highest
72.65%
in 1999
Lowest
65.92%
in 2020
Average
68.85%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.20%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 66.98% |
| 2024 | 66.76% |
| 2023 | 66.58% |
| 2022 | 66.56% |
| 2021 | 66.47% |
| 2020 | 65.92% |
| 2019 | 66.51% |
| 2018 | 67.2% |
| 2017 | 67.06% |
| 2016 | 66.82% |
| 2015 | 66.88% |
| 2014 | 66.98% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.