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

Montreal Protocol Celebrates International Ozone Day, Achieves Universal Ratification and Looks toward Increasing Climate Benefits

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: 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...

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Maldives Hosts Second Cartagena Group Meeting

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: 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...

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UNDP Supports Strategic Investment to Address Climate Change in LDCs

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: 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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