Timor-Leste (TL) is covered on EconEarth with economy, market, and country data, including a public EE Score when the country is eligible for the ranking.
Timor-Leste joined ASEAN in 2025 as the bloc's eleventh member. A young independent economy living off a petroleum fund and a hope that gas will arrive before the money runs down. Coffee is the rural cash crop. Institutions are new and the domestic market is tiny.
Region: Asia. Population: 1.4M (rank #157). GDP: $2.2 billion. GDP per capita: $1,520 (2026, IMF). GDP growth: +4.4%. Currency: USD.