Timor-Leste

Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

Capital
Dili
Region
South-Eastern Asia
Population, 2025
1.4 million
Currency
USD
Area
14,874 km²

Across Timor-Leste's 1 priced cities, one person needs about $1,541 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $3,600.

Medium confidence1 cities in the index
1 cities, coloured by livability; the city table below lists them all.

Livability

The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.

71out of 100
LivabilityMedium confidence
  • Purchasing power25%89
  • Safety20%56
  • Health care15%No data
  • Climate10%No data
  • Air quality10%81
  • Connectivity10%No data
  • Cost10%43
How each domain is scored
Purchasing power, 25%
What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
Safety, 20%
Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
Health care, 15%
Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
Climate, 10%
Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
Air quality, 10%
30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
Connectivity, 10%
Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
Cost, 10%
Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.

What it costs

Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.

Cost of living index
47.5
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
26.3
New York = 100
Purchasing power
266.9
New York = 100
One person
$1,541
A month, rent included
Net salary
$3,600
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$829
A month

Economy

World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.

GDP per person
$1,341
2025
Growth
+7.0%
2025
Unemployment
1.6%
2025
Inflation
0.4%
2025
Life expectancy
67.9 years
2024
Internet users
35%
2021

Taxes

Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.

Corporate tax
10%
SourceWikipedia

Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.

Safety and internet

Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.

Safety

Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
56.2
Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
43.8
HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2015
4.1

Internet

Fixed downloadMbps, median
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Mobile downloadMbps, median
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Change in a yearFixed download speed
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Cities in Timor-Leste

Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.

Cities in Timor-Leste
1Dili7247.5$829$3,600266.9150KMedium confidence, 11 contributors

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