Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — Timor-Leste

Extreme poverty rate in Timor-Leste in 2014 — 44%. Ranked 81 in the world out of 84. Since 2001, the indicator has fallen by 11.7 pp.

2014 44% −16.1 pp vs 2007
World rank 81of 84
Period maximum 60.1%2007
Period minimum 44%2014

Trend over time

2001–2014 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — Timor-Leste, 2001–2014404550556065200120032005200720092011201320142001: 55.7%2007: 60.1%2014: 44%
Change over the period: −11.7 pp Annual average: -0.9 pp

Comparison, 2014

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste 44%
World 14.5%
Extreme poverty rate — Timor-Leste, by year Timor-Leste All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2014 44
2007 60.1
2001 55.7

South-Eastern Asia, 2014

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption or income falls below the international extreme poverty line — $2.15 a day in 2017 prices at purchasing power parity. This is the very indicator by which the first UN Sustainable Development Goal is tracked. The line is revised as the PPP conversion factors are updated, so historical values are recalculated retrospectively.

Important: The estimates are built on household surveys held once every few years; between surveys the values are interpolated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.