buys in the United States, at purchasing power parity
And $100 in the United States buys what $27.88 buys in Timor-Leste. Prices across Timor-Leste's economy average 28% of the United States', so a dollar goes 3.6 times as far in Timor-Leste.
World Bank figures for 2025 unless another year is shown
Measure
Timor-Leste
United States
Economy
Population
1.42 million
341.8 million
GDPUS dollars, market exchange rates
$1.90 billion
$30.8 trillion
GDP per personUS dollars
$1,341
$90,027
GDP per person at PPPInternational dollars
$4,809
$90,027
Prices
Price levelUS prices = 100%
28%
100%
A US dollar goes as far as
$3.59 in the US
$1.00 in the US
Income
Median income or consumptionPer person, international dollars
$3.21 a day2014 survey · $1,172 a year · consumption
$72.07 a day2024 survey · $26,306 a year · income
More figures: GDP at PPP, conversion factor and GNI▾
Gross national income is what residents earn, at home and abroad
Measure
Timor-Leste
United States
GDP at PPPInternational dollars
$6.82 billion
$30.8 trillion
PPP conversion factorLocal currency per international dollar
0.2788U.S. dollar
1.000U.S. dollar
GNI per person, Atlas methodUS dollars
$1,510
$88,810
GNI per person at PPPInternational dollars
$5,120
$89,490
World Bank income groups: Timor-Leste, lower middle income; United States, high income.
GDP per person at PPP· 2000 to 2025, in constant 2021 international dollarsAdjusted for inflation, so recent years read lower than the current-dollar figures above.