Domestic credit to private sector by banks in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Domestic credit to private sector by banks was 39.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Domestic credit to private sector by banks in Timor-Leste, 2002–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Timor-Leste recorded 39.0% for domestic credit to private sector by banks in 2025. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.7% on the previous year and up 198.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, domestic credit to private sector by banks in Timor-Leste peaked at 39.0% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 2002.
That places Timor-Leste 92nd out of 187 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.
Domestic credit to private sector by banks in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1.4% | — |
| 2003 | 5.3% | +292.4% |
| 2004 | 20.0% | +275.2% |
| 2005 | 22.9% | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 24.6% | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 18.5% | -24.6% |
| 2008 | 15.8% | -14.7% |
| 2009 | 14.2% | -10.0% |
| 2010 | 12.4% | -12.8% |
| 2011 | 12.7% | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 13.4% | +6.0% |
| 2013 | 12.8% | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 12.9% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 13.1% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 12.4% | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 16.2% | +30.3% |
| 2018 | 15.8% | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 12.8% | -19.4% |
| 2020 | 13.3% | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 8.3% | -37.8% |
| 2022 | 12.6% | +52.0% |
| 2023 | 23.6% | +87.1% |
| 2024 | 34.7% | +47.0% |
| 2025 | 39.0% | +12.7% |
Timor-Leste compared with similar countries
- Timor-Leste's 39.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 23.4%, 1.7× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Timor-Leste's 39.0% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 65.2%, 60% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Domestic credit to private sector by banks in Timor-Leste 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +292.4% | 1.4% | 5.3% |
| 2004 | +275.2% | 5.3% | 20.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.3% | 1.4% | 24.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 13.4% | 12.4% | 16.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.9% | 8.3% | 39.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
More financial sector data for Timor-Leste
- 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 domestic credit to private sector by banks in Timor-Leste?
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks in Timor-Leste was 39.0% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest domestic credit to private sector by banks recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 39.0% in 2025.
- What is the lowest domestic credit to private sector by banks recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 2002.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for domestic credit to private sector by banks?
- Timor-Leste ranks 92nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is domestic credit to private sector by banks rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is up 198.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Timor-Leste data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Domestic credit to private sector by banks refers to financial resources provided to the private sector by other depository corporations (deposit taking corporations except central banks), such as through loans, purchases of nonequity securities, and trade credits and other accounts receivable, that establish a claim for repayment. For some countries these claims include credit to public enterprises. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.