Timor-Leste's changes in inventories (current LCU) was 57.83 million in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 94.34% from 29.76 million in 2014 (6.87% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 57.83 million | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 78.91 million | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 29.76 million | 2014 |
| Highest | 78.91 million | 2019 |
| Lowest | -16.45 million | 2000 |
| Average since 2015 | 42.78 million | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | -16.45 million |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Timor-Leste's changes in inventories (current LCU) fell 6.97 million on 2023 (from 64.8 million to 57.83 million).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +3.53 million and a typical year strayed about 18.03 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 41.12 million in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 51.94 million in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 9% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Timor-Leste had the 24th highest value of the 39 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Timor-Leste in the 2024 ranking
- Kosovo — 21st of 39: 240.1 million
- Bahamas, The — 22nd of 39: 163.2 million
- Fiji — 23rd of 39: 105.5 million
- Kiribati — 25th of 39: 4.56 million
- Tonga — 26th of 39: 3.67 million
- Solomon Islands — 27th of 39: -232,600
What this measures
Changes in inventories is the value of entries into inventories less the value of withdrawals and less the value of any recurrent losses of goods held in inventories during the accounting period.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 25 values
| Year | Changes in inventories (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 57,829,000 |
| 2023 | 64,799,900 |
| 2022 | 23,682,800 |
| 2021 | 7,579,900 |
| 2020 | 59,518,400 |
| 2019 | 78,906,600 |
| 2018 | 46,443,400 |
| 2017 | 42,368,800 |
| 2016 | 25,919,000 |
| 2015 | 20,761,200 |
| 2014 |
Changes in inventories (current LCU) in nearby economies
- American Samoa — -29 million (2022)
- Australia — 3.68 billion (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — 41.8 million (2025)
- Cambodia — 1.26 trillion (2025)
- China — 1.12 trillion (2024)
- Fiji — 105.5 million (2024)
- French Polynesia — -1.11 billion (2020)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 46.96 billion (2025)
- Indonesia — 441.09 trillion (2025)
- Japan — -852.7 billion (2024)
More economic policy & debt data for Timor-Leste
- Short-term debt (% of total external debt) — 0.43% (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, current US$) — −US$750,000 (2024)
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 3.19% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$221.69 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$259.94 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$259.94 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$259.94 million (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Timor-Leste's changes in inventories (current LCU)?
- 57.83 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 451.47% from -16.45 million in 2000. The highest value was 78.91 million in 2019 and the lowest -16.45 million in 2000.
- How does Timor-Leste rank?
- 24th highest of 39 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in changes in inventories (current LCU) unusual for Timor-Leste?
- In 2024, Timor-Leste's changes in inventories (current LCU) fell 6.97 million on 2023 (from 64.8 million to 57.83 million). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +3.53 million and a typical year strayed about 18.03 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.STKB.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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