Timor-Leste vs Upper middle income: GDP growth

Timor-Leste
7.0%
in 2025
Upper middle income
4.2%
in 2025
Timor-Leste rank
21st
Upper middle income rank
21st

GDP growth over time

  • Timor-Leste
  • Upper middle income
-40-200204060196119932025

How they compare

Timor-Leste currently reports 7.0% against 4.2% in Upper middle income, a difference of 2.8%.

That makes Timor-Leste's figure about 1.7 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Timor-Leste ahead.

Timor-Leste ranks 21st and Upper middle income ranks 21st of 213 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Timor-Leste averaged higher in 1 and Upper middle income in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Timor-Leste Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1990s 2.2% 4.7% 2.5% Upper middle income
2000s 9.7% 6.3% 3.3% Timor-Leste
2010s 5.4% 5.6% 0.2% Upper middle income
2020s -0.6% 3.9% 4.6% Upper middle income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gdp growth, Timor-Leste or Upper middle income?
Timor-Leste, at 7.0% against 4.2% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
What is the difference in gdp growth between Timor-Leste and Upper middle income?
2.8%, with Timor-Leste ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Timor-Leste and Upper middle income?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Timor-Leste and Upper middle income rank globally for gdp growth?
Timor-Leste ranks 21st and Upper middle income ranks 21st of 213 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as GDP growth (annual %). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
GDP growth (annual %)
Unit
annual %
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 14,323 data points, 1961–2025
Last refreshed

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.