Savings Rate, Percent per annum in East Timor
East Timor: Savings Rate, Percent per annum was 0.5313 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Savings Rate, Percent per annum in East Timor, 2002–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for savings rate, percent per annum in East Timor is 0.5313, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 4.9% on the previous year and down 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, savings rate, percent per annum in East Timor peaked at 0.791 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.41, in 2017.
That places East Timor 53rd out of 63 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Savings Rate, Percent per annum in East Timor, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.7637 | — |
| 2003 | 0.7608 | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.791 | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 0.7528 | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 0.6512 | -13.5% |
| 2007 | 0.7435 | +14.2% |
| 2008 | 0.7521 | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.7524 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.7523 | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.7523 | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.7517 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.7501 | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.75 | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.75 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.75 | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.41 | -45.3% |
| 2018 | 0.4239 | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 0.4718 | +11.3% |
| 2020 | 0.4455 | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 0.4449 | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.4651 | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 0.4888 | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 0.5066 | +3.6% |
| 2025 | 0.5313 | +4.9% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 0.5313 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2.8, 19% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 0.5313 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.7024, 76% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Savings Rate, Percent per annum 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | -45.3% | 0.75 | 0.41 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7459 | 0.6512 | 0.791 | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.6562 | 0.41 | 0.7523 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4804 | 0.4449 | 0.5313 | 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 savings rate, percent per annum in East Timor?
- Savings rate, percent per annum in East Timor was 0.5313 in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest savings rate, percent per annum recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 0.791 in 2004.
- What is the lowest savings rate, percent per annum recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.41 in 2017.
- How does East Timor rank for savings rate, percent per annum?
- East Timor ranks 53rd out of 63 countries with data for 2025.
- Is savings rate, percent per annum rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Savings Rate, Percent per annum. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS), Interest Rates dataset presents country-specific interest rate data across sectors and instruments, based on nationally defined methodologies.