Labour force participation in Timor-Leste
The ILO estimates that 67.0% of people aged 15 and over in Timor-Leste were in the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2018.
Timor-Leste, 2025
67.0%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
60.8%
Position in 2025
45th of 181
Labour force participation in Timor-Leste over time
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% of working-age population aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | Timor-Leste | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67.0% | 60.8% |
| 2024 | 66.8% | 61.0% |
| 2023 | 66.6% | 61.0% |
| 2022 | 66.6% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 66.5% | 60.4% |
| 2020 | 65.9% | 59.7% |
| 2019 | 66.5% | 61.0% |
| 2018 | 67.2% | 61.2% |
| 2017 | 67.1% | 61.3% |
| 2016 | 66.8% | 61.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 66.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 66.9%, the figure has changed by +0.1 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Timor-Leste has the 45th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 60.8%.
More for Timor-Leste
All statistics for Timor-Leste
Women's labour force participation
61.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
65.9%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
1.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
3.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
46.0%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
3.8%
2025 · World Bank