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Timor-Leste: Foreign direct investment, net

-253.24Mcurrent USD · 2025-735.0% since 2015

Foreign direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the voting power is evidence of a direct investment relationship. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for Timor-Leste from 2006 to 2025.

20062025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025-253,238,202.063
2024-220,965,667.67
2023-190,186,169.249
2022-36,663,376.016
2021230,521,184.526
2020324,958,946.391
2019155,259,935.698
2018-47,925,664.571
2017-6,715,937.467
20167,188,000
2015-30,328,700
2014-21,238,824.856
2013-43,190,438.953
2012-27,715,777.183
2011-82,058,168.54
2010-4,332,806.77
2009-47,954,750.66
2008-39,697,970.753
2007-8,695,061.688
2006-8,478,084.462

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Foreign direct investment, net. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-foreign-direct-investment-net (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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