Economy of East Timor

Economy of East Timor
	Ministry of Finance building, East Timor.;
Currency	US dollar (USD) and East Timor centavos
Fiscal year	Calendar year
Trade organisations	Pacific Alliance
Country group	Least Developed; Low-income economy;
Statistics
GDP	$1.988 billion (nominal, 2023); $5.074 billion (PPP, 2023);
GDP growth	−1.1% (2018) 1.8% (2019e); −8.1% (2020e) 1.9% (2021e);
GDP per capita	$1,425 (nominal, 2023); $3,637 (PPP, 2023);
GDP by sector	agriculture: 32.1%; industry: 12.9%; services: 55%; (2005);
Inflation (CPI)	2.294% (2018)
Population below poverty line	49.9% (2007 est.) 22.0% on less than $1.90/day (2014); 65.9% on less than $3.20/day (2014); 91.8% on less than $5.50/day (2014);
Gini coefficient	38 (2002 est.)
Human Development Index	0.607 medium (2021) (140th); 0.436 low IHDI (2019);
Labour force	430,200 (2009)
Unemployment	18% (2010 est.)
Main industries	printing, soap manufacturing, handicrafts, woven cloth
External
Exports	$60 million (2020 est.)
Export goods	crude petroleum, natural gas, coffee, various vegetables, scrap iron
Main export partners	Singapore 51%; China 20%; Japan 9%; Indonesia 6%; Australia 3%; (2019);
Imports	$850 million (2020 est.)
Import goods	refined petroleum, cars, cement, delivery trucks, motorcycles
Main import partners	Indonesia 39%; China 27%; Singapore 10%; Malaysia 5%; Thailand 3%; (2019);
Gross external debt	$232.4 million (2021); 15.63% GDP (2021);
Public finances
Foreign reserves	$279,000,000 (December 2013)
	; All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars.

The economy of East Timor is a low-income economy as ranked by the World Bank. It is placed 140th on the Human Development Index, indicating a medium level of human development. 20% of the population is unemployed, and 52.9% live on less than $1.25 a day. About half of the population is illiterate. At 27%, East Timor's urbanisation rate is one of the lowest in the world.

In 2007, a bad harvest caused a "major food crisis" in East Timor. By November, eleven sub-districts still needed food supplied by international aid.

According to data gathered in the 2010 census, 87.7% of urban and 18.9% of rural households have electricity, for an overall average of 36.7%.

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