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
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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). |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
Coming soon.
Country Strategies:
26 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
23 March 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has announced it has completed a baseline data survey of young coconut production capability and future prospects in the Cakaudrove Province, Fiji. The initiative was funded by the EU, under the Increasing Agricultural Commodity Trade (IACT) project, which aims to strengthen the Pacific country export capacity in the agriculture, forestry and aquaculture sectors.
According to SPC, copra and crude coconut oil represent major Pacific...

24 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
January 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has issued the first fact sheet in a series titled “Building MEA Capacity for Pacific Island Countries.” The document is part of an EU project on “Capacity Building Related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries”.
The fact sheet describes pre-Conference of the Parties (COP) trainings conducted by SPREP for Pacific Island Countries (PICs)...

23 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
19 January 2012: A report by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) calls for an “energy plus” approach to sustainably reduce poverty by combining access to modern energy for heating, cooking and electricity with measures for income generation and improvement of health and education services.The report, “Towards an ‘Energy Plus’ Approach for the Poor,” is based of a review of 17 energy access projects implemented by governments, development agencies and the private sector in Asia-Pacific between...

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