Deposit interest rate (%) in East Timor
East Timor: Deposit interest rate (%) was 0.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Deposit interest rate in East Timor, 2002–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 0.5% for deposit interest rate in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 13.1% on the previous year and down 40.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, deposit interest rate in East Timor peaked at 0.9% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2025.
East Timor ranks 137th of 153 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Deposit interest rate (%) in East Timor, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.8% | — |
| 2003 | 0.8% | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.8% | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 0.8% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.8% | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.8% | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9% | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | -8.8% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | -10.8% |
| 2025 | 0.5% | -13.1% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 0.5% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5.2%, 9% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 0.5% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.5%, 31% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
More financial sector data for East Timor
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0031 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 4.2 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0023 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 3.07 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0031 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 4.2 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is deposit interest rate in East Timor?
- Deposit interest rate in East Timor was 0.5% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest deposit interest rate recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2012.
- What is the lowest deposit interest rate recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2025.
- How does East Timor rank for deposit interest rate?
- East Timor ranks 137th out of 153 countries with data for 2025.
- Is deposit interest rate rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Deposit interest rate (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Deposit interest rate is the rate paid by commercial or similar banks for demand, time, or savings deposits. The terms and conditions attached to these rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability. This indicator is expressed as a percentage (a÷b)*100.