Economy of East Timor
from the CIA World Factbook 2002
Gross domestic product: purchasing power parity - $415 million (2001 est.)
Real growth rate: 18% (2001 est.)
GDP per capita: purchasing power parity - $500 (2001 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 25.4%
industry: 17.2%
services: 57.4% (2001)
Population below poverty line: 42% (2002 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Distribution of family income - Gini index: 38
Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%
Labor force: NA
Labor force - by occupation: NA
Unemployment rate: 50% (including underemployment)
Budget:
revenues: $NA
expenditures: $NA
Industries: printing, soap manufacturing, handicrafts, woven cloth
Industrial production growth rate: 8.5%
Electricity:
production: NA kWh
production by source: fossil fuel: 100%; hydro: 0%; other: 0%; nuclear: 0%
consumption: NA kWh
exports: 0 kWh
imports: 0 kWh
Agriculture - products: coffee, rice, maize, cassava, sweet potatoes, soybeans, cabbage, mangoes, bananas, vanilla
Exports:'
quantity: $8 million (2001 est.)
commodities: coffee, sandalwood, marble; note - the potential for oil and vanilla exports
Exports - partners: NA
Imports:
quantity: $237 million (2001 est.)
commodities: NA
partners: NA
Debt - external: $NA
Economic aid - recipient: $2.2 billion (1999-2002 est.)
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
