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

IUCN SSC E-Bulletin Spotlights Freshwater Species, Sharks in Coral Triangle

Date: 05 Oct 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

September 2012: The September issue of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC) “Species e-Bulletin” highlights a study on the decline of freshwater ecosystems in northern Africa, and other news. The study, coordinated by the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation and conducted by the IUCN Global Species Programme, shows that freshwater species in northern Africa face some of the highest levels of threat in continental Africa,...

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UNGA High-Level Debate Opens With Focus on MDGs, Post-2015 Agenda

Date: 26 Sep 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

25 September 2012: The 67th UN General Assembly (UNGA) High-level Debate opened with speakers recognizing linkages between peace and security and sustainable development. They highlighted the importance of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and noted the role of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) in mobilizing action for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and forming a post-2015 development agenda. Several speakers, including Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, Prime...

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Cartagena Dialogue Discusses Expectations Ahead of Bangkok and Doha

Date: 28 Aug 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

20 July 2012: The Cartagena Dialogue for Progressive Action (Cartagena Dialogue) met in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, to discuss key questions ahead of the upcoming informal additional sessions of the Ad Hoc working groups (AWGs) to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 30 August to 5 September 2012, and the 18th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 18) to be held in Doha, Qatar, at the end of 2012. The Group, which met from 19-20 July 2012, discussed issues to be addressed by the Ad hoc Working...

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