Low income vs East Timor: Insurance and financial services
Insurance and financial services over time
- Low income
- East Timor
How they compare
East Timor currently reports 12.4% against 6.4% in Low income, a difference of 6.0%.
That makes East Timor's figure about 1.9 times Low income's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2006 it was East Timor ahead.
Low income ranks 32nd and East Timor ranks 33rd of 47 groups.
Across the 3 decades both report, Low income averaged higher in 2 and East Timor in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Low income | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.7% | 13.8% | 7.1% | East Timor |
| 2010s | 7.0% | 5.0% | 2.0% | Low income |
| 2020s | 7.3% | 4.2% | 3.1% | Low income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher insurance and financial services, Low income or East Timor?
- East Timor, at 12.4% against 6.4% in Low income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in insurance and financial services between Low income and East Timor?
- 6.0%, with East Timor ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and East Timor?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2022.
- How do Low income and East Timor rank globally for insurance and financial services?
- Low income ranks 32nd and East Timor ranks 33rd of 47 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Financial services covers services related to financial intermediation, financial risk management, liquidity transformation or auxiliary financial activities. It also includes insurance and pension scheme services which are services related to providing life insurance and annuities, non-life insurance, reinsurance, pensions, standardised guarantees and auxiliary services to insurance, pension schemes, and standardised guarantee schemes. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.