Gambia vs Timor-Leste

Gambia and Timor-Leste compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Gambia has about 2 times as many people as Timor-Leste: 2.8 million against 1.4 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Timor-Leste ($1,341) is 46% higher than in Gambia ($919) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Timor-Leste (7%) than in Gambia (5.9%), a difference of 1.1 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Gambia (11.6% in 2024) than in Timor-Leste (0.4% in 2025), a difference of 11.2 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Gambia (6.5%) than in Timor-Leste (1.6%), a difference of 4.9 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Timor-Leste can expect to live 1.8 years longer than one born in Gambia: 67.9 years against 66.1 years in 2024.
• The population of Timor-Leste is older: half of its people are over 21 years, against 18.2 years in Gambia in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Gambia (49.5% in 2024) than in Timor-Leste (35% in 2021), a difference of 14.5 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Timor-Leste (0.5 tonnes) are about 2.8 times as high as in Gambia (0.18 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Timor-Leste (71%) than in Gambia (21.3%), a difference of 49.7 percentage points in 2024.