Timor-Leste Timór-Leste
Timor-Leste ranks 1st of 11 Southeast Asian countries on momentum. Its strongest lens is employment growth (+2.4%, 1st); its weakest is urban population growth (+1.7%, 5th). Foreign direct investment brought in $253.2M in 2025, 13.3% of GDP. With so small an economy, single-year changes swing widely; read them with care.
People
#5 of 11+1.7%urban population, 2025
- Population
- 1.4M
- Urban share
- 29%
- Net migration
- −2,550 (2025)
Jobs
#1 of 11+2.4%employed people, 2025
- Employed
- 625.4K
- Unemployment
- 1.6% (2025)
Businesses
#2 of 11+42.6%new firms registered, 2022
- New firms
- 1.9K (2022)
- Per 1,000 aged 15–64
- 2.34
Money
#2 of 11+7.0%real GDP, 2025
- GDP
- $1.9B (2025)
- FDI inflows
- $253.2M (2025)
- Remittances in
- $189.9M (2025)
Subnational data for Timor-Leste
Not yet. Country-level figures above are from the World Bank. Provinces arrive country by country: Thailand and Vietnam so far, Malaysia next.