Timor-Leste: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, Timor-Leste's taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes) fell 2.05 percentage points on 2021 (from 83.81% to 81.75%).

Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2021), the average change was −1.06 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.3 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 11.91 percentage points in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 16.44 percentage points in 2016. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2013 to 2022 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 6% 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.

Closest to Timor-Leste in the 2022 ranking

• Equatorial Guinea — 2nd of 8: 79.21%
• Australia — 3rd of 8: 76.64%
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 4th of 8: 59.81%

What this measures

Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are taxes payable on the actual or presumed incomes, profits and capital gains. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of total taxes which includes all compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units.

Limitations: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

All 13 values

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes) in nearby economies

• Australia — 76.64% (2022)
• Cambodia — 36.98% (2023)
• China — 37.15% (2024)
• Fiji — 32.59% (2024)
• Kiribati — 37.81% (2023)
• Korea, Rep. — 54.77% (2024)
• Lao PDR — 23.61% (2022)
• Macao SAR, China — 9.92% (2024)
• Malaysia — 64.28% (2024)

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)

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Questions people ask

What is Timor-Leste's taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes)?

81.75% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2010?

It is down 13.67 percentage points from 95.42% in 2010. The highest value was 95.42% in 2010 and the lowest 64.88% in 2016.

Is the latest change in taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes) unusual for Timor-Leste?

In 2022, Timor-Leste's taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes) fell 2.05 percentage points on 2021 (from 83.81% to 81.75%). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2021), the average change was −1.06 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.3 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 GC.TAX.YPKG.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Government Finance 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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