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General Information

Region		South-eastern Asia
Population (000, 2021)		1 344^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		90.4^a
Capital city		Dili
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		281.1^c
UN membership date		27-Sep-02
Surface area (km2)		14 919^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		102.1^a
National currency		US Dollar (USD)

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	882	1 594	2 018^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	9.5	2.9	18.7^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	806.4	1 332.8	1 560.5^b
Economy: Agriculture^d (% of Gross Value Added)	24.7	17.8	14.1^b
Economy: Industry^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	8.7	18.4	29.3^b
Economy: Services and other activity^g (% of GVA)	66.6	63.8	56.6^b
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	50.8	47.4^h	43.7^h,i
Employment in industry (% of employed)	9.3	10^h	9.8^h,i
Employment in services (% employed)	39.9	42.6^h	46.4^h,i
Unemployment^h (% of labour force)	3.3	4.4	4.6ⁱ
Labour force participation rate^h (female/male pop. %)	60.6 / 70.7	61.2 / 71.9	61.9 / 72.7ⁱ
CPI: Consumer Price Index^h (2010=100)	100	143	146^b
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	95	104	99^b
International trade: exports^h (million current US$)	42	45	254ⁱ
International trade: imports^h (million current US$)	246	578	487ⁱ
International trade: balance^h (million current US$)	-205	-533	-234ⁱ
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	1 671	225	-357ⁱ

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^j (average annual %)	1.9	1.8	1.9ⁱ
Urban population (% of total population)	27.7	29.5	30.9^b
Urban population growth rate^j (average annual %)	2.8	3.5	...
Fertility rate, total^j (live births per woman)	5.3	4.4	4.1ⁱ
Life expectancy at birth^j (females/males, years)	67.6 / 64.7	69.5 / 65.9	71.3 / 67.2ⁱ
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	42.5 / 6.3	39.5 / 6.3	36.6 / 6.6^a
International migrant stock^k (000/% of total pop.)	11.5 / 1.1	8.5 / 0.7	8.4 / 0.6ⁱ
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0^l	~0.0	~0.0^b
Infant mortality rate^j (per 1 000 live births)	53.3	44.9	37.3ⁱ
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	1.4	4^m	4.3^m,c
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	...	0.7	0.8^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	11.1	8.4	6.8^h,c
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	119.2 / 126.1	126.6 / 129.8	111.2 / 113.7^b
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	62.1 / 62.6	74.4 / 70.5	90.5 / 82.7^b
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	50.6 / 52.5	62.5 / 59.2	81.5 / 71.9^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	3.6	4.1	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	29.2	38.5	38.5ⁿ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet^h (per 100 inhabitants)	3	23	27.5^o
Threatened species (number)	18	21	49
Forested area^h (% of land area)	62.9	62.4	62.1^c
Energy production, primary^h (Petajoules)	397	402	265^c
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	4	7	6^h,c
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^p (000)	40	62	75^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	40.7	40.7	45.6ⁱ
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	8.72	7.6	9.45^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		2018
d		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
e		Excludes publishing activities.
f		Includes irrigation canals.
g		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
h		Estimate.
i		2020
j		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
k		Including refugees.
l		Data as at the end of December.
m		Data revision.
n		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
o		2017
p		Arrivals by air at Dili Airport.