Timor-Leste Economy and Trade
GDP $1.90B · real growth 7.0% · latest verified annual data
On this page, Timor-Leste's nominal GDP is $1.90B for 2025, and its separately dated real-growth series shows 7.0% for 2025. Per-capita output is listed at $1,341 for 2025; CPI inflation is kept on its own source year at 0.4% for 2025. Each measure keeps its own reference period below, avoiding a false same-year comparison between series released on different schedules.
Timor-Leste at a Glance
Each measure keeps its actual reference year and definition.
Output trend
Macro signals
Available measures are shown with their reported reference periods.
Macro signals
What Timor-Leste's economic profile is telling you
Timor-Leste recorded strong real growth of 7.0 percent in the 2025 World Bank series, with nominal GDP of about $1.90 billion. Inflation was 0.4 percent and modeled unemployment 1.6 percent.
Reading the macro data
Nominal GDP measures current-dollar size. Real growth, inflation and unemployment describe different economic conditions and can have different reference years.
Reading the trade data
Merchandise trade covers goods. A balance appears only when exports and imports have a verified matching year and currency basis.
Detailed Economic Data
| Indicator | Timor-Leste | Reference period | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDPcurrent US$ | $1.90B | 2025 | Actual |
| GDP per capitacurrent US$ | $1,341 | 2025 | Actual |
| Real GDP growthannual % | 7.0% | 2025 | Actual |
| InflationCPI annual % | 0.4% | 2025 | Actual |
| Unemploymentmodeled ILO estimate | 1.6% | 2025 | Estimate |
| Merchandise balancematched year required | Not calculated | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Timor-Leste's latest GDP?
The verified GDP observation used here is $1.90B for 2025.
What does merchandise trade show for Timor-Leste?
A matched merchandise export and import pair was not independently resolved on this page, so no goods balance is calculated.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the economic indicators and definitions shown above.
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Core macroeconomic indicators with explicit reference years.
Official data: GDP · GDP per capita · Real growth · Inflation · Unemployment
Matched-year merchandise trade where independently resolved.
Official data: WTO economy profiles