Human Development

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Timor-Leste

Medium

Ranked #142 of 195 in 2023 · East Asia and the Pacific

Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2025 composite indices. All figures below come directly from that dataset — nothing here is estimated or AI-generated.

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Human Development Index, 1990–2023

0.634 in 2023, compared against the world and East Asia and the Pacific average.

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Components

67.7 yrs

Life expectancy

13.3 yrs

Expected schooling

6.2 yrs

Mean schooling

5,435

GNI per capita

Related indices

Inequality-adjusted HDI

0.451

HDI adjusted downward for inequality in the distribution of health, education, and income within the country — lower than HDI whenever inequality exists.

Gender Development Index

0.939

Ratio of female to male HDI — 1.0 means parity; below 1.0 means women's human development lags men's.

Gender Inequality Index

0.394

Reflects gender-based disadvantage in reproductive health, empowerment, and labour markets — 0 is parity, 1 is total inequality.