Timor-Leste's net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$) was US$4.01 million in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 40.13% from US$2.86 million in 2014 (3.43% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$4.01 million | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | US$3.35 million | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | US$2.86 million | 2014 |
| Highest | US$9.36 million | 2017 |
| Lowest | US$1.53 million | 2020 |
| Average since 2015 | US$4.36 million | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | US$2.86 million |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Timor-Leste's net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$) rose 37.9% on 2023 (from US$2.9 million to US$4.01 million).
Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2015 to 2023), the average change was +21.2% and a typical year strayed about 74% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 148.5% in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 69.4% in 2018. 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about US$464,018 a year. A straight line explains 36% of the movement over 10 observed years.
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 51st highest value of the 94 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$4.01 million | 2024 |
| East Asia & Pacific | −US$267.8 million | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | US$9 billion | 2024 |
Closest to Timor-Leste in the 2024 ranking
- Jordan — 48th of 94: US$6.35 million
- Mongolia — 49th of 94: US$5.71 million
- Vanuatu — 50th of 94: US$4.49 million
- Tajikistan — 52nd of 94: US$2.8 million
- Eritrea — 53rd of 94: US$0
- Somalia, Fed. Rep. — 54th of 94: US$0
What this measures
Net financial flows received by the borrower during the year are disbursements of loans and credits less repayments of principal. IDA is the International Development Association, the concessional loan window of the World Bank Group. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 11 values
| Year | Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4,005,000 |
| 2023 | 2,904,000 |
| 2022 | 3,578,000 |
| 2021 | 3,241,000 |
| 2020 | 1,531,000 |
| 2019 | 3,347,000 |
| 2018 | 2,863,000 |
| 2017 | 9,358,000 |
| 2016 | 5,635,000 |
| 2015 | 7,101,000 |
| 2014 |
Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$) in nearby economies
- Cambodia — US$378.73 million (2024)
- China — −US$105.01 million (2024)
- Indonesia — −US$178.46 million (2024)
- Korea, Rep. — US$0 (2015)
- Lao PDR — US$76.31 million (2024)
- Mongolia — US$5.71 million (2024)
- Myanmar — −US$63.26 million (2024)
- Papua New Guinea — US$31.68 million (2024)
- Philippines — −US$2.33 million (2024)
- Samoa — −US$3.84 million (2024)
More economic policy & debt data for Timor-Leste
- Short-term debt (% of total external debt) — 0.43% (2024)
- IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, current US$) — −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$259.94 million (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Timor-Leste's net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$)?
- US$4.01 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2014?
- It is up 40.13% from US$2.86 million in 2014 (3.43% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$9.36 million in 2017 and the lowest US$1.53 million in 2020.
- How does Timor-Leste rank?
- 51st highest of 94 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$) unusual for Timor-Leste?
- In 2024, Timor-Leste's net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$) rose 37.9% on 2023 (from US$2.9 million to US$4.01 million). Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2015 to 2023), the average change was +21.2% and a typical year strayed about 74% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 DT.NFL.MIDA.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, 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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