Timor-Leste's CPIA equity of public resource use rating (1=low to 6=high) was 3 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 14.29% from 3.5 in 2015 (1.53% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 3 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 3.5 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.5 | 2015 |
| Highest | 3.5 | 2011 |
| Lowest | 3 | 2006 |
| Average since 2016 | 3.45 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 3 | 2006 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Timor-Leste's CPIA equity of public resource use rating (1=low to 6=high) fell 0.5 on 2024 (from 3.5 to 3).
Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2024), the average change was +0.03 and a typical year strayed about 0.12 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.5 in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.5 in 2025. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 27% 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 2025, Timor-Leste had the 44th highest value of the 72 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Timor-Leste | 3 | 2025 |
| World | 3.38 | 2025 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 3.32 | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 3.54 | 2025 |
Closest to Timor-Leste in the 2025 ranking
- São Tomé and Principe — 57th of 72: 3
- Sri Lanka — 58th of 72: 3
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 59th of 72: 3
- Tuvalu — 61st of 72: 3
- Vanuatu — 62nd of 72: 3
- Afghanistan — 63rd of 72: 2.5
What this measures
Equity of public resource use assesses the extent to which the pattern of public expenditures and revenue collection affects the poor and is consistent with national poverty reduction priorities.
Limitations: The CPIA exercise is intended to capture the quality of a country's policies and institutional arrangements, focusing on key elements that are within the country's control, rather than on outcomes (such as economic growth rates) that are influenced by events beyond the country's control. More specifically, the CPIA measures the extent to which a country's policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction and, consequently, the effective use of development assistance.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a unweighted average.
All 20 values
| Year | CPIA equity of public resource use rating (1=low to 6=high) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | 3.5 |
| 2021 | 3.5 |
| 2020 | 3.5 |
| 2019 | 3.5 |
| 2018 | 3.5 |
| 2017 | 3.5 |
| 2016 | 3.5 |
| 2015 |
CPIA equity of public resource use rating (1=low to 6=high) in nearby economies
- Cambodia — 4 (2025)
- Kiribati — 4 (2025)
- Lao PDR — 3 (2025)
- Marshall Islands — 2.5 (2025)
- Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 2.5 (2025)
- Mongolia — 4 (2019)
- Myanmar — 3 (2025)
- Papua New Guinea — 3 (2025)
- Samoa — 4.5 (2025)
More public sector data for Timor-Leste
- Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100) — 80 (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD) — 47.92 million (2025)
- Military expenditure (current LCU) — 47.92 million (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 2.25% (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) — 2.38% (2025)
- CPIA business regulatory environment rating (1=low to 6=high) — 2.5 (2025)
- CPIA debt policy rating (1=low to 6=high) — 3.5 (2025)
- CPIA economic management cluster average (1=low to 6=high) — 2.83 (2025)
- CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating (1=low to 6=high)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Timor-Leste's CPIA equity of public resource use rating (1=low to 6=high)?
- 3 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2006?
- It is unchanged at from 3 in 2006. The highest value was 3.5 in 2011 and the lowest 3 in 2006.
- How does Timor-Leste rank?
- 44th highest of 72 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in CPIA equity of public resource use rating (1=low to 6=high) unusual for Timor-Leste?
- In 2025, Timor-Leste's CPIA equity of public resource use rating (1=low to 6=high) fell 0.5 on 2024 (from 3.5 to 3). Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2024), the average change was +0.03 and a typical year strayed about 0.12 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IQ.CPA.PRES.XQ, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG), uri: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/int/search/dataset/0038988 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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