Timor-Leste: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Timor-Leste's merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) did not change 0 percentage points on 2022 (from 0% to 0%).

Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2022), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.02 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above 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 0.05 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.05 percentage points in 2011. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% 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 2023, Timor-Leste had the 123rd highest value of the 205 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 2023 ranking

• Switzerland — 187th of 205: 0%
• Syrian Arab Republic — 188th of 205: 0%
• Tajikistan — 189th of 205: 0%
• Togo — 191st of 205: 0%
• Tonga — 192nd of 205: 0%
• Turkmenistan — 193rd of 205: 0%

What this measures

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of exports by the reporting economy to high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 22 values

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) in nearby economies

• American Samoa — 0% (2023)
• Australia — 0.00134% (2023)
• Brunei Darussalam — 0% (2023)
• Cambodia — 0% (2023)
• China — 0.1% (2023)
• Fiji — 0% (2023)
• French Polynesia — 0% (2023)
• Guam

More private sector & trade data for Timor-Leste

• Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 56.88% (2025)
• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$979 million (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$103 million (2025)
• Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports) — 2.15% (2023)
• Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) — 0.27% (2023)
• Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$165.55 million (2023)
• Import unit value index (2015 = 100) — 133.7 (2025)
• Export unit value index (2015 = 100) — 180.7 (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Timor-Leste's merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)?

0% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2002?

It is unchanged since 2002. The highest value was 0.05% in 2010 and the lowest 0% in 2002.

How does Timor-Leste rank?

123rd highest of 205 economies with data for 2023.

Is the latest change in merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) unusual for Timor-Leste?

In 2023, Timor-Leste's merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) did not change 0 percentage points on 2022 (from 0% to 0%). Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2022), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.02 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above 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 TX.VAL.MRCH.RS.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Direction of Trade database, 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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