Key features of liberal democracy, gaps filled in East Timor
East Timor: Key features of liberal democracy, gaps filled was 0.549 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Key features of liberal democracy, gaps filled in East Timor, 1999–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
East Timor recorded 0.549 for key features of liberal democracy, gaps filled in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, key features of liberal democracy, gaps filled in East Timor peaked at 0.549 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.089, in 1999.
That places East Timor 54th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Key features of liberal democracy, gaps filled in East Timor, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.089 | — |
| 2000 | 0.183 | +105.6% |
| 2001 | 0.23 | +25.7% |
| 2002 | 0.417 | +81.3% |
| 2003 | 0.411 | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.411 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.408 | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.405 | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.454 | +12.1% |
| 2008 | 0.46 | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.462 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.478 | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 0.478 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.495 | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 0.501 | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.471 | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 0.466 | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.46 | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.489 | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 0.502 | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 0.517 | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 0.492 | -4.8% |
| 2021 | 0.501 | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.516 | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 0.526 | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 0.545 | +3.6% |
| 2025 | 0.549 | +0.7% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 0.549 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.203, 2.7× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 0.549 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.3575, 1.5× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Key features of liberal democracy, gaps filled in East Timor changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +105.6% | 0.089 | 0.183 |
| 2002 | +81.3% | 0.23 | 0.417 |
| 2001 | +25.7% | 0.183 | 0.23 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.089 | 0.089 | 0.089 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.3841 | 0.183 | 0.462 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4857 | 0.46 | 0.517 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5215 | 0.492 | 0.549 | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
More social development data for East Timor
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 (2015)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 15 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 2 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 15 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2015)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is key features of liberal democracy, gaps filled in East Timor?
- Key features of liberal democracy, gaps filled in East Timor was 0.549 in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest key features of liberal democracy, gaps filled recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 0.549 in 2025.
- What is the lowest key features of liberal democracy, gaps filled recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.089 in 1999.
- How does East Timor rank for key features of liberal democracy, gaps filled?
- East Timor ranks 54th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is key features of liberal democracy, gaps filled rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Key features of liberal democracy, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Key features of liberal democracy with 58 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Key features of liberal democracy V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Key features of liberal democracy with 58 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.