Liberal Political Institutions Index in East Timor
East Timor: Liberal Political Institutions Index was 0.713 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Liberal Political Institutions Index in East Timor, 1999–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for liberal political institutions index in East Timor is 0.713, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liberal political institutions index in East Timor peaked at 0.736 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.307, in 1999.
East Timor ranks 80th of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Liberal Political Institutions Index in East Timor, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.307 | — |
| 2000 | 0.54 | +75.9% |
| 2001 | 0.589 | +9.1% |
| 2002 | 0.706 | +19.9% |
| 2003 | 0.678 | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 0.678 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.668 | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.669 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.716 | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 0.716 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.72 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.732 | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.732 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.736 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.733 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.706 | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 0.689 | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.696 | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.694 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.694 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.701 | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.685 | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 0.688 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.691 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.698 | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 0.707 | +1.3% |
| 2025 | 0.713 | +0.8% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 0.713 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.446, 1.6× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 0.713 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.6895, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Liberal Political Institutions Index in East Timor changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +75.9% | 0.307 | 0.54 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.307 | 0.307 | 0.307 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.668 | 0.54 | 0.72 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7113 | 0.689 | 0.736 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.697 | 0.685 | 0.713 | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
More reference data data for East Timor
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural 171.61 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 41.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure Management 75.64 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on 112.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 2.54 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 17.28 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0888 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0468 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.4255 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.9426 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liberal political institutions index in East Timor?
- Liberal political institutions index in East Timor was 0.713 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest liberal political institutions index recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 0.736 in 2012.
- What is the lowest liberal political institutions index recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.307 in 1999.
- How does East Timor rank for liberal political institutions index?
- East Timor ranks 80th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is liberal political institutions index rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Liberal Political Institutions Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent of individual and minority rights, equality before the law, and executive constraints.