Personal remittances received in Timor-Leste

Personal remittances received by Timor-Leste were equal to 10.0% of GDP in 2025.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 2006 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Timor-Leste, 2025 10.0% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −1.8percentage points 2024: 11.8%
World, 2025 0.8% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received in Timor-Leste over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Personal remittances received (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period Timor-LesteWorld
2025 10.0% 0.8%
2024 11.8% 0.8%
2023 9.3% 0.8%
2022 4.5% 0.8%
2021 4.1% 0.7%
2020 4.4% 0.8%
2019 3.7% 0.7%
2018 6.2% 0.7%
2017 5.5% 0.7%
2016 4.9% 0.7%
2015 3.9% 0.7%
2014 3.0% 0.7%
2013 2.4% 0.7%
2012 10.3% 0.7%
2011 13.1% 0.6%
2010 15.5% 0.6%
2009 15.6% 0.7%
2008 2.7% 0.6%
2007 1.9% 0.6%
2006 0.8% 0.6%
2005 – 0.5%
2004 – 0.5%
2003 – 0.5%
2002 – 0.5%
2001 – 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.8 percentage points from 11.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 3.9%, the figure has changed by +6.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.8%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2006 to 2025 for Timor-Leste
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data