Goods and services expense (% of expense) in East Timor
East Timor: Goods and services expense (% of expense) was 28.3% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Goods and services expense in East Timor, 2010–2022
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
The most recent figure for goods and services expense in East Timor is 28.3%, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.9% on the previous year and down 41.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goods and services expense in East Timor peaked at 51.6% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 28.3%, in 2022.
That places East Timor 19th out of 154 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Goods and services expense (% of expense) in East Timor, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 49.2% | — |
| 2011 | 51.6% | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 48.3% | -6.4% |
| 2013 | 50.7% | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 48.9% | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 40.7% | -16.7% |
| 2016 | 41.4% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 32.5% | -21.6% |
| 2018 | 44.1% | +35.8% |
| 2019 | 43.9% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 46.2% | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 38.2% | -17.4% |
| 2022 | 28.3% | -25.9% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 28.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16.3%, 1.7× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 28.3% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 22.3%, 1.3× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 45.1% | 32.5% | 51.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.6% | 28.3% | 46.2% | 3 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
- 16 United Arab Emirates 28.9% compare
- 17 Botswana 28.4% compare
- 18 Saint Kitts and Nevis 28.3% compare
- 20 Seychelles 27.9%
- 21 Singapore 27.9% compare
- 22 Rwanda 27.8% compare
More public sector data for East Timor
- Democracy, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Elected parliament, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 33.13 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0249 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -15.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 46.40 million current USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goods and services expense in East Timor?
- Goods and services expense in East Timor was 28.3% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest goods and services expense recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 51.6% in 2011.
- What is the lowest goods and services expense recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.3% in 2022.
- How does East Timor rank for goods and services expense?
- East Timor ranks 19th out of 154 countries with data for 2022.
- Is goods and services expense rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Goods and services expense (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Use of goods and services for own account capital formation is excluded. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.