Democratic change in East Timor
East Timor: Democratic change was 2 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Democratic change in East Timor, 1900–2025
Source: Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 2 for democratic change in 2025. That is the highest value across all 126 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, democratic change in East Timor peaked at 2 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1, in 1900.
That places East Timor 1st out of 175 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 126 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
- 1 Benin 2 compare
- 1 Bolivia 2 compare
- 1 Botswana 2 compare
- 1 Brazil 2 compare
- 1 Dominican Republic 2 compare
- 1 Fiji 2 compare
- 1 Gambia 2 compare
- 1 Guatemala 2 compare
- 1 Honduras 2 compare
- 1 Lesotho 2 compare
- 1 Maldives 2 compare
- 1 Mauritius 2 compare
- 1 Montenegro 2 compare
- 1 Nepal 2 compare
- 1 Poland 2 compare
- 1 Seychelles 2 compare
- 1 Solomon Islands 2 compare
- 1 Sri Lanka 2 compare
- 1 Thailand 2 compare
- 1 Tunisia 2 compare
- 1 Zambia 2 compare
More reference data data for East Timor
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.2327 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.1155 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.2038 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 1.05 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies -0.2379 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 181.88 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Competitive elections 1 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is democratic change in East Timor?
- Democratic change in East Timor was 2 in 2025, according to Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest democratic change recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 2 in 1998.
- What is the lowest democratic change recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 1900.
- How does East Timor rank for democratic change?
- East Timor ranks 1st out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is democratic change rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Democratic change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Data by Episodes of Regime Transformation and V-Dem.