Travel services in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Travel services was 74.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Timor-Leste, 2006–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of service exports, BoP.
Analysis
In 2025, travel services in Timor-Leste stood at 74.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.7% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Timor-Leste peaked at 79.8% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 25.0%, in 2011.
That places Timor-Leste 26th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Travel services in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | % of service exports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 59.6% | — |
| 2007 | 42.0% | -29.6% |
| 2008 | 31.7% | -24.4% |
| 2009 | 31.9% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 35.3% | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 25.0% | -29.2% |
| 2012 | 30.5% | +22.2% |
| 2013 | 41.3% | +35.4% |
| 2014 | 47.5% | +15.1% |
| 2015 | 70.1% | +47.3% |
| 2016 | 75.3% | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 78.2% | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 79.8% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 79.2% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 64.6% | -18.5% |
| 2021 | 43.5% | -32.6% |
| 2022 | 70.7% | +62.5% |
| 2023 | 73.4% | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 77.5% | +5.6% |
| 2025 | 74.6% | -3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.3% | 31.7% | 59.6% | 4 |
| 2010s | 56.2% | 25.0% | 79.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.4% | 43.5% | 77.5% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Timor-Leste
- Exports of goods and services (current US$), annual growth rate -58.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per capita 2,322 current LCU per person (2024)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 7.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 1.48 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 1,968 constant 2015 US$ per person (2024)
- Exports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 140.62 current US$ per person (2024)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.1056 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), annual growth rate -58.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.74 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Exports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1056 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Timor-Leste?
- Travel services in Timor-Leste was 74.6% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 79.8% in 2018.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.0% in 2011.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for travel services?
- Timor-Leste ranks 26th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Timor-Leste data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of service exports, BoP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are services provided by residents to non-residents.