Timor-Leste
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| Introduction - Timor-Leste: | | Location - Timor-Leste: | | People - Timor-Leste: | | Government - Timor-Leste: | | Economy - Timor-Leste: | Economy overview | In late 1999, about 70% of the economic infrastructure of Timor-Leste was laid waste by Indonesian troops and anti-independence militias, and 300,000 people fled westward. Over the next three years, however, a massive international program, manned by 5,000 peacekeepers (8,000 at peak) and 1,300 police officers, led to substantial reconstruction in both urban and rural areas. By the end of 2005, all refugees either returned or resettled in Indonesia. The country faces great challenges in continuing the rebuilding of infrastructure, strengthening the infant civil administration, and generating jobs for young people entering the work force. The development of oil and gas resources in nearby waters has begun to supplement government revenues ahead of schedule and above expectations - the result of high petroleum prices - but the technology-intensive industry does little to create jobs for the unemployed, because there are no production facilities in Timor and the gas is piped to Australia. The parliament in June 2005 unanimously approved the creation of a Petroleum Fund to serve as a repository for all petroleum revenues and preserve the value of Timor-Lestes petroleum wealth for future generations. The mid-2006 outbreak of violence and civil unrest disrupted both private and public sector economic activity. Real non-oil GDP growth in 2006 is estimated to have been negative. The underlying economic policy challenge the country faces remains how best to use oil-and-gas wealth to lift the non-oil economy onto a higher growth path and reduce poverty. | | Gdp purchasing power parity | $370 million (2004 est.) | | Gdp official exchange rate | $349 million (2005) | | Gdp real growth rate | 1.8% (2005 est.) | | Gdp per capita ppp | $800 (2005 est.) | | Gdp composition by sector | agriculture: 8.5%
industry: 23.1%
services: 68.4% (2004) | | Labor force | NA | | Labor force by occupation | agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA% | | Unemployment rate | 50% estimated; note - unemployment in urban areas reached 20%; data do not include underemployed (2001 est.) | | Population below poverty line | 42% (2003 est.) | | Household income or consumption by percentage share | lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA% | | Distribution of family income gini index | 38 (2002 est.) | | Inflation rate consumer prices | 1.4% (2005) | | Budget | revenues: $107.7 million
expenditures: $73 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2004 est.) | | Agriculture products | coffee, rice, corn, cassava, sweet potatoes, soybeans, cabbage, mangoes, bananas, vanilla | | Industries | printing, soap manufacturing, handicrafts, woven cloth | | Industrial production growth rate | 8.5% | | Electricity production | NA kWh | | Electricity consumption | NA kWh (2004) | | Electricity exports | 0 kWh (2004) | | Electricity imports | 0 kWh (2004) | | Oil proved reserves | 0 bbl | | Exports | $10 million; note - excludes oil (2005 est.) | | Exports commodities | coffee, sandalwood, marble; note - potential for oil and vanilla exports | | Exports partners | Indonesia 100% (2006) | | Imports | $202 million (2004 est.) | | Imports commodities | food, gasoline, kerosene, machinery | | Economic aid recipient | $153 million (2004 est.) | | Currency code | US dollar (USD) | | Exchange rates | the US dollar is used | |
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