Travel services in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Travel services was 44.9% 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 commercial service imports.
Analysis
Timor-Leste recorded 44.9% for travel services in 2025. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is up 28.1% on the previous year and up 102.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Timor-Leste peaked at 44.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 3.7%, in 2006.
Timor-Leste ranks 15th of 198 countries on this measure, 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 commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3.7% | — |
| 2007 | 5.0% | +34.3% |
| 2008 | 38.8% | +682.8% |
| 2009 | 19.9% | -48.6% |
| 2010 | 11.5% | -42.4% |
| 2011 | 6.8% | -40.4% |
| 2012 | 15.6% | +128.1% |
| 2013 | 12.2% | -21.9% |
| 2014 | 18.3% | +49.9% |
| 2015 | 22.1% | +21.0% |
| 2016 | 23.0% | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 38.3% | +66.4% |
| 2018 | 33.5% | -12.6% |
| 2019 | 18.0% | -46.4% |
| 2020 | 6.4% | -64.5% |
| 2021 | 5.2% | -19.1% |
| 2022 | 11.2% | +117.3% |
| 2023 | 33.6% | +199.8% |
| 2024 | 35.0% | +4.2% |
| 2025 | 44.9% | +28.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.8% | 3.7% | 38.8% | 4 |
| 2010s | 19.9% | 6.8% | 38.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.7% | 5.2% | 44.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
More private sector data for Timor-Leste
- Merchandise trade 56.9% (2025)
- Food imports 28.1% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 49.6% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 979.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.5% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 21.9% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 103.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 72.61 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0541 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 19.77 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Timor-Leste?
- Travel services in Timor-Leste was 44.9% 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 44.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.7% 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 102.9%. 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 commercial service imports). 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 commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.