Domestic credit to private sector in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Domestic credit to private sector was 39.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Domestic credit to private sector in Timor-Leste, 2002–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Timor-Leste recorded 39.1% for domestic credit to private sector in 2025. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.5% on the previous year and up 193.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, domestic credit to private sector in Timor-Leste peaked at 39.1% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 2002.
Timor-Leste ranks 95th of 187 countries on this measure, 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 in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1.4% | — |
| 2003 | 5.4% | +294.8% |
| 2004 | 20.1% | +273.0% |
| 2005 | 22.9% | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 24.6% | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 18.5% | -24.6% |
| 2008 | 15.8% | -14.7% |
| 2009 | 14.2% | -9.8% |
| 2010 | 12.4% | -12.7% |
| 2011 | 12.7% | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 13.8% | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 13.0% | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 13.2% | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 13.3% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 12.7% | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 16.4% | +29.2% |
| 2018 | 16.1% | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 13.0% | -19.2% |
| 2020 | 13.4% | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 8.4% | -37.6% |
| 2022 | 12.7% | +51.9% |
| 2023 | 23.7% | +86.1% |
| 2024 | 34.8% | +46.9% |
| 2025 | 39.1% | +12.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.4% | 1.4% | 24.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 13.7% | 12.4% | 16.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.0% | 8.4% | 39.1% | 6 |
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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 in Timor-Leste?
- Domestic credit to private sector in Timor-Leste was 39.1% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest domestic credit to private sector recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 39.1% in 2025.
- What is the lowest domestic credit to private sector recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 2002.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for domestic credit to private sector?
- Timor-Leste ranks 95th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is domestic credit to private sector rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is up 193.8%. 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 (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Domestic credit to private sector refers to financial resources provided to the private sector by financial corporations, 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. The financial corporations include monetary authorities and deposit money banks, as well as other financial corporations where data are available (including corporations that do not accept transferable deposits but do incur such liabilities as time and savings deposits). Examples of other financial corporations are finance and leasing companies, money lenders, insurance corporations, pension funds, and foreign exchange companies. 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.