Key features of liberal democracy in East Timor
East Timor: Key features of liberal democracy was 0.549 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Key features of liberal democracy in East Timor, 1999–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, key features of liberal democracy in East Timor stood at 0.549. 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 in East Timor peaked at 0.549 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.089, in 1999.
East Timor ranks 54th of 176 countries on this measure, 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 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 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 in East Timor?
- Key features of liberal democracy in East Timor was 0.549 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest key features of liberal democracy recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 0.549 in 2025.
- What is the lowest key features of liberal democracy recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.089 in 1999.
- How does East Timor rank for key features of liberal democracy?
- East Timor ranks 54th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is key features of liberal democracy 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 V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Key features of liberal democracy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent of suffrage, the freedom and fairness of elections, freedoms of association and expression, individual and minority rights, equality before the law, and executive constraints.