Timor-Leste's total natural resources rents (% of GDP) was 34.73% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 9.83 percentage points from 44.56% in 2016.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 34.73% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 44.56% | 2016 |
| Highest | 79.43% | 2015 |
| Lowest | 0.35% | 2001 |
| Average since 2015 | 49.38% | 2015–2021 |
| First recorded | 0.4% | 2000 |
Over five years it is down 9.83 percentage points from 44.56% in 2016. Since 2000 it is up 34.33 percentage points from 0.4% in 2000. The World Bank has no value for 11 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2021, Timor-Leste's total natural resources rents (% of GDP) rose 0.34 percentage points on 2020 (from 34.39% to 34.73%).
Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2020), the average change was −5.62 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 15.65 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 17.9 percentage points in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 34.88 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.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2021, Timor-Leste had the 6th highest value of the 196 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 | 34.73% | 2021 |
| World | 3.06% | 2021 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 2.14% | 2021 |
| Lower middle income | 4.65% | 2021 |
Closest to Timor-Leste in the 2021 ranking
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 3rd of 196: 38.83%
- Congo, Rep. — 4th of 196: 37.71%
- Zambia — 5th of 196: 35.26%
- Guyana — 7th of 196: 33.68%
- Mongolia — 8th of 196: 33.14%
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 9th of 196: 30.45%
What this measures
Total natural resources rents are the sum of oil rents, natural gas rents, coal rents (hard and soft), mineral rents, and forest rents.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 11 values
| Year | Total natural resources rents (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 34.73 |
| 2020 | 34.39 |
| 2019 | 44.9 |
| 2018 | 62.77 |
| 2017 | 44.87 |
| 2016 | 44.56 |
| 2015 | 79.43 |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 | no data |
| 2011 |
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP) in nearby economies
- American Samoa — 0% (2021)
- Australia — 13.36% (2021)
- Brunei Darussalam — 24.28% (2021)
- Cambodia — 0.84% (2021)
- China — 1.71% (2021)
- Fiji — 2.25% (2021)
- French Polynesia — 0.00357% (2021)
- Guam — 0% (2021)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 0.000993% (2021)
- Indonesia — 5.16% (2021)
More environment data for Timor-Leste
- Rural population — 1.01 million (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 71.21% (2025)
- Urban population — 408,340 (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 28.79% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 1,255 (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 7,876 (2024)
- Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 9,131 (2024)
- Rural population growth (annual %) — 1.1% (2025)
- Urban population growth (annual %) — 1.69% (2025)
- Agricultural land (sq. km) — 3,414 (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Timor-Leste's total natural resources rents (% of GDP)?
- 34.73% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 34.33 percentage points from 0.4% in 2000. The highest value was 79.43% in 2015 and the lowest 0.35% in 2001.
- How does Timor-Leste rank?
- 6th highest of 196 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in total natural resources rents (% of GDP) unusual for Timor-Leste?
- In 2021, Timor-Leste's total natural resources rents (% of GDP) rose 0.34 percentage points on 2020 (from 34.39% to 34.73%). Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2020), the average change was −5.62 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 15.65 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 NY.GDP.TOTL.RT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/changing-wealth-of-nations/data, note: World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in the World Bank's The Changing Wealth of Nations., publisher: World Bank (WB); Staff estimates, Wo… 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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