Political Rights Score in East Timor
East Timor: Political Rights Score was 33 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political Rights Score in East Timor, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 33 for political rights score in 2025. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights score in East Timor peaked at 33 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 26, in 2006.
That places East Timor 67th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Political Rights Score in East Timor, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 29 | — |
| 2003 | 28 | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 27 | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 29 | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 26 | -10.3% |
| 2007 | 28 | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 29 | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 29 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 29 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 29 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 29 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 32 | +10.3% |
| 2018 | 32 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 32 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 33 | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 33 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 33 | +0.0% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 33 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15, 2.2× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 33 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 28, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 27.88 | 26 | 29 | 8 |
| 2010s | 29.7 | 28 | 32 | 10 |
| 2020s | 33 | 33 | 33 | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
- 67 Bhutan 33 compare
- 67 Liechtenstein 33 compare
- 67 South Korea 33 compare
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 political rights score in East Timor?
- Political rights score in East Timor was 33 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights score recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 33 in 2020.
- What is the lowest political rights score recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 26 in 2006.
- How does East Timor rank for political rights score?
- East Timor ranks 67th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights score rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Political Rights Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Identifies the fine-grained extent of free and fair elections, political pluralism and participation, and a functioning government. Higher scores indicate more rights.