Timor-Leste

Location

Dili
East Timor
8° 34' 0.012" S, 125° 34' 1.2" E
Capital City: 
Dili
Languages: 
Tetum, Portuguese, Indonesian and English
Category: Social
Indicator 2000 2001 2002 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 2009 2010 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 2010 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
10 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
16 September 2009: The Montreal Protocol celebrated the UN’s International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer on 16 September. To add to the celebrations, Timor-Leste announced its ratification of the Protocol, making the Montreal Protocol the first environmental agreement to achieve universal participation by 196 parties. The Montreal Protocol, established to phase-out pollutants that damage the planet’s protective ozone layer, will in three months’ time have completely retired close...
10 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
18 July 2010: The Maldives hosted the second meeting of the ‘Cartagena Group/Dialogue for Progressive Action’ on 17-18 July 2010, at Bandos Island resort, near Male, as an informal space open to all countries committed to reaching an ambitious outcome through the UNFCCC negotiations, and to becoming or remaining low-carbon. In a keynote speech, Maldives President Nasheed stressed that re-establishing confidence “must start in Cancun by reaching agreement across all core issues, especially the...
10 Dec 2011 | SIDS Policy and Practice
July 2010: In order to strengthen support to Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in their work on climate change in the lead up to the negotiations in Cancun and beyond, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has committed US$5.6 million toward a programme on “Strategic Investment in Addressing Climate Change in LDCs.” The purpose of the programme is to strengthen the programmatic capacity in the area of climate change of select LDCs through the provision of focused expertise at the...
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