Services, value added (% of GDP) in East Timor
East Timor: Services, value added (% of GDP) was 71.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Services, value added in East Timor, 2000–2024
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 71.6% for services, value added in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.4% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in East Timor peaked at 71.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30.4%, in 2021.
East Timor ranks 29th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Services, value added (% of GDP) in East Timor, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 51.1% | — |
| 2001 | 59.5% | +16.4% |
| 2002 | 58.3% | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 59.4% | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 60.2% | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 63.2% | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 63.1% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 62.9% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 62.4% | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 67.5% | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 68.9% | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 67.0% | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 69.1% | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 61.5% | -11.1% |
| 2014 | 63.5% | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 63.7% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 66.2% | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 69.0% | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 68.5% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 55.2% | -19.4% |
| 2020 | 48.3% | -12.5% |
| 2021 | 30.4% | -37.0% |
| 2022 | 36.3% | +19.3% |
| 2023 | 61.0% | +67.9% |
| 2024 | 71.6% | +17.4% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 71.6% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 51.2%, 1.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 71.6% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 60.2%, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Services, value added (% of GDP) in East Timor changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +67.9% | 36.3% | 61.0% |
| 2021 | -37.0% | 48.3% | 30.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 60.8% | 51.1% | 67.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.3% | 55.2% | 69.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.5% | 30.4% | 71.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
More economy & growth data for East Timor
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0201 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 26.91 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -0.0477 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0147 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 19.65 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0153 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per capita 20.52 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in East Timor?
- Services, value added in East Timor was 71.6% in 2024, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 71.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.4% in 2021.
- How does East Timor rank for services, value added?
- East Timor ranks 29th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.