Timor-Leste

Capital City:

Dili

Languages:

Tetum, Portuguese, Indonesian and English

Category: Social
Indicator	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Net enrollment ratio in primary education			68.099999999999994		63				MDG Database
Seats held by women in national parliament, percentage	26.1	26.1	25.3	25.3	25.3	29.2	29.2	29.2	UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)									World Bank

Category: Land
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Source
Agricultural land (1000 Ha)	337	362	362	365	385	385	385	375	375	FAO
Forest area (sq km)	8,540	8,428	8,316	8,204	8,092	7,980	7,868	7,756		World Bank
Forest area (% of land area)	57.43	56.68	55.92	55.17	54.42	53.67	52.91	52.16		World Bank

Category: Demographics
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Source
Country population	815,310	834,521	866,655	907,539	950,750	991,601	1,028,910	1,064,140	1,098,390	1,133,590	World Bank
Population annual growth	0.490216	2.32895	3.77831	4.60956	4.65146	4.20697	3.69345	3.36679	3.16739	3.15513	World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)	520					420			370		World Bank

Category: Indices
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
HDI - Human Development Index						0.428	0.445	0.471	0.492	0.497	0.502	UNDP International Human Development Indicators - Calculated based on data from UNDESA (2009d), Barro and Lee (2010), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010b), World Bank (2010b) and IMF(2010a).

Category: Economy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)	790	690	700	690	990	1,490	1,990	3,130	4,730			World Bank
ODA received as % of GNI	71.56	69.22	74.76000000000001	56.3	35.8	26.59	21.51	16.1	9.52			UN Stats (MDGs indicators)

Category: Energy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Electric power consumption (kWh)												World Bank
Combustible renewables and waste (metric tons of oil equivalent)												World Bank
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total)												World Bank

Category: Climate Change and Sea-level Rise
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), thousand metric tons of CO2 (CDIAC)			161	161	176	176	180	183				MDG Database (CDIAC Data)

Category: Freshwater
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Improved water source (% of population with access)	52					63			69			World Bank

Category: Biodiversity
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected	3.11	3.11	3.11	3.11	3.11	3.11	3.11	6.36	6.36	6.36		UN Stats (MDGs indicators)

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Country Strategies:

Title	Programme Name	Programme Description	Year
Disaster management Strategy - Timor-Leste	National Disaster Risk Management Plan	Strategy Description	2005
PRSP - Timor-Leste	Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper—National Development Plan, Road Map for Implementation of National Development Plan, Overview of Sector Investment Programs—Strategies and Priorities for the Medium Term	Strategy Description	2005
NBSAP - Timor-Leste	National Biodiversty Strategy and Action Plan and Related Biodiversity Enabling Activities in Timor-Leste (PIMS 4083)	Strategy Description	2008
NSDS - Timor-Leste		Strategy Description National Information / National Reports

ACP MEAs Newsletter Focuses on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in SIDS

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

29 June 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the EU have released the June issue of their newsletter on the African, Caribbean and Pacific Multilateral Environment Agreements (ACP MEAs) project. The newest newsletter is sub-titled “The Future of the Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Small Island Developing States.” The newsletter opens with a guest article by Jill Key, Pacific Hub coordinator, on the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...

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UN Security Council Debates Security Impacts of Climate Change

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

20 July 2011: The UN Security Council held its second thematic debate on “Maintenance of international peace and security: the impact of climate change,” on 20 July 2011, in New York, US. Many delegates expressed concern that adverse effects of climate change could aggravate existing threats to international peace and security. While noting that the loss of territory in some States due to sea-level rise, particularly in small, low-lying island States, could have security implications, the...

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UNDESA: Solar Energy Viable Option for Timor-Leste

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

15 July 2008: A UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) three-year pilot project aimed to help rural communities harness the potential of solar energy recently concluded in Timor-Leste. Under the pilot programme, carried out in communities on Atauro Island and in Aleiu District, community members agreed to pay US$1.80 per month for the use of solar lanterns, resulting in estimated community savings of US$1800. Sarina Kilham, UNDESA Chief, said the pilot project has shown that...

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