Timor-Leste's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) was US$6.5 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 45.57% from US$4.47 million in 2015 (3.83% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$6.5 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$991,740 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$4.47 million | 2015 |
| Highest | US$24.41 million | 2014 |
| Lowest | US$394,492 | 2021 |
| Average since 2016 | US$1.82 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$4.84 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Timor-Leste's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) rose 225.1% on 2024 (from US$2 million to US$6.5 million).
Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2024), the average change was +11.1% and a typical year strayed about 57.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 225.1% in 2025 and the biggest yearly fall was 81.7% in 2015. 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 16% 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 119th highest value of the 130 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 | US$6.5 million | 2025 |
| World | US$1.28 trillion | 2024 |
| East Asia & Pacific | US$135.42 billion | 2023 |
| Lower middle income | US$190.72 billion | 2024 |
Closest to Timor-Leste in the 2025 ranking
- Cabo Verde — 116th of 130: US$11 million
- Eswatini — 117th of 130: US$10.96 million
- Antigua and Barbuda — 118th of 130: US$6.62 million
- Grenada — 120th of 130: US$5.46 million
- Burundi — 121st of 130: US$4.26 million
- Dominica — 122nd of 130: US$3.21 million
What this measures
Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 20 values
| Year | ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,501,444 |
| 2024 | 2,000,060 |
| 2023 | 1,330,895 |
| 2022 | 744,389 |
| 2021 | 394,492 |
| 2020 | 991,740 |
| 2019 | 902,984 |
| 2018 | 1,174,507 |
| 2017 | 1,873,986 |
| 2016 | 2,319,700 |
| 2015 |
ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Australia — US$3.11 billion (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — US$15.16 million (2025)
- Cambodia — US$253.44 million (2025)
- China — US$73.61 billion (2025)
- Fiji — US$10.05 million (2024)
- French Polynesia — US$15.52 million (2016)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — US$4.07 billion (2024)
- Indonesia — US$4.09 billion (2025)
- Japan — US$14.74 billion (2025)
- Korea, Rep. — US$18.72 billion (2025)
More infrastructure data for Timor-Leste
- Scientific and technical journal articles — 20.7 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 1.63 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 116.38 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 1,691 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.12 (2024)
- Fixed broadband subscriptions — 84 (2024)
- Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.006 (2024)
- ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 4.43% (2025)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 35.04% (2021)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Timor-Leste's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)?
- US$6.5 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2006?
- It is up 34.3% from US$4.84 million in 2006 (1.56% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$24.41 million in 2014 and the lowest US$394,492 in 2021.
- How does Timor-Leste rank?
- 119th highest of 130 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) unusual for Timor-Leste?
- In 2025, Timor-Leste's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) rose 225.1% on 2024 (from US$2 million to US$6.5 million). Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2024), the average change was +11.1% and a typical year strayed about 57.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.GSR.CCIS.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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