Travel services in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Travel services was 42.8% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Travel services in Timor-Leste, 2006–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of service imports, BoP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for travel services in Timor-Leste is 42.8%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is up 29.7% on the previous year and up 243.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Timor-Leste peaked at 42.8% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2006.
That places Timor-Leste 15th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Travel services in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | % of service imports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.7% | — |
| 2007 | 0.8% | +12.7% |
| 2008 | 8.1% | +911.4% |
| 2009 | 7.0% | -12.8% |
| 2010 | 5.0% | -29.3% |
| 2011 | 3.3% | -33.5% |
| 2012 | 7.3% | +121.1% |
| 2013 | 7.9% | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 14.5% | +82.7% |
| 2015 | 12.5% | -13.9% |
| 2016 | 16.8% | +34.7% |
| 2017 | 27.4% | +63.1% |
| 2018 | 25.8% | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 17.7% | -31.2% |
| 2020 | 6.3% | -64.3% |
| 2021 | 5.1% | -19.6% |
| 2022 | 11.0% | +117.0% |
| 2023 | 32.9% | +197.6% |
| 2024 | 33.0% | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 42.8% | +29.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.2% | 0.7% | 8.1% | 4 |
| 2010s | 13.8% | 3.3% | 27.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.9% | 5.1% | 42.8% | 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 42.8% 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 42.8% in 2025.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2006.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for travel services?
- Timor-Leste ranks 15th 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 243.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 imports, 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 imports which are services provided by non-residents to residents.