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Timor-Leste

Ranked 26 of 27 for comprehensive power, with an overall score of 4.8 out of 100.

Gained 0.4 points (+10% change) in overall score in 2025.

Analysis

Timor-Leste is a minor power in Asia.

Timor-Leste's score rose slightly by 0.4 points in 2025.

Timor-Leste's best measure is diplomatic influence, where it ranks 20th, a score that will likely rise further following the country’s accession to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2025.

Timor-Leste places last for four measures — economic capability, military capability, future resources, and defence networks.

As a result of its declining petroleum reserves affecting the country’s fuel security, Timor-Leste experienced a three-rank decline for resilience, dropping to 25th place.

Timor-Leste exerts slightly less influence in the region than expected given its available resources, as indicated by the country's negative Power Gap score. However, this gap narrowed in 2025.

Read more analysis in the Key Findings report. Explore further results in the Scores section.

Annual changes

+1.7Culturalinfluence +1.0Diplomaticinfluence +0.9Economicrelationships —Economiccapability —Militarycapability —Futureresources —Defencenetworks −0.6Resilience

Bilateral Influence

Bilateral trade, current dollars (2024)

Countries that influence Timor-Leste

Globally, which countries does Timor-Leste do most of its trade with?

Indonesia 35.4%

China 17.6%

Taiwan 8.1%

Singapore 6.7%

Australia 5.9%

Countries influenced by Timor-Leste

Which countries in the region rely most on trade with Timor-Leste?

Indonesia 0.1%

Pakistan < 0.1%

Australia < 0.1%

Taiwan < 0.1%

Singapore < 0.1%

View Timor-Leste’s regional influence on the Network Power map

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