Southeast Asia
Timor-Leste
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Timor-Leste's #8 import source (world lens). Timor-Leste is the EU's #169 goods supplier.
Timor-Leste on the world stage
Total imports
$909m
2023 annual
Total exports
$164m
111 partners
#1 import source
Indonesia
33.0%
#1 export dest.
China
46.6%
2023 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Timor-Leste and the EU
EU imports from
€4m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€13m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #169 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 3.28
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated
Industrial
–
EUR/MWh
Consumer
–
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
667
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Import dependenceMarket model
Vertically integrated state monopoly
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
Ministry oversight (no independent regulator)
Expensive imported-fuel (diesel and heavy fuel oil) generation on a single fragile 150 kV spine, so Timor pays world fuel prices to run an oversized thermal fleet with no interconnection and no domestic substitute yet…
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
21.3
→ 31.2 by 2050
Fertility
2.63
above replacement
Working-age
61.1%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
8.6
→ 10 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 1.4M · peaks 2076
By 2050: +35% (1.89M)