Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in East Timor
East Timor: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men was 0.1657 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in East Timor, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in East Timor stood at 0.1657. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in East Timor peaked at 0.5704 in 1978 and was at its lowest, 0.1657, in 2023.
East Timor ranks 52nd of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in East Timor, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.5517 | — |
| 1951 | 0.5483 | -0.6% |
| 1952 | 0.5449 | -0.6% |
| 1953 | 0.5415 | -0.6% |
| 1954 | 0.5381 | -0.6% |
| 1955 | 0.5347 | -0.6% |
| 1956 | 0.5313 | -0.6% |
| 1957 | 0.5278 | -0.7% |
| 1958 | 0.524 | -0.7% |
| 1959 | 0.5201 | -0.7% |
| 1960 | 0.516 | -0.8% |
| 1961 | 0.5117 | -0.8% |
| 1962 | 0.5073 | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 0.5026 | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 0.4976 | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 0.4922 | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 0.4867 | -1.1% |
| 1967 | 0.4811 | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 0.4756 | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 0.4698 | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 0.464 | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 0.4583 | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 0.4528 | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 0.4474 | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 0.4726 | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 0.5498 | +16.3% |
| 1976 | 0.5333 | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 0.5463 | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 0.5704 | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 0.5577 | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 0.4936 | -11.5% |
| 1981 | 0.4843 | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 0.4745 | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 0.4705 | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.4535 | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 0.4554 | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.4518 | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.4405 | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 0.4403 | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.3861 | -12.3% |
| 1990 | 0.3815 | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.3823 | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.3713 | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 0.3631 | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 0.3546 | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 0.3579 | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.3509 | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 0.3442 | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 0.3481 | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 0.3815 | +9.6% |
| 2000 | 0.2549 | -33.2% |
| 2001 | 0.2487 | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 0.2421 | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 0.2358 | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 0.23 | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 0.2252 | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 0.2195 | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 0.2145 | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.21 | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.206 | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 0.2025 | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.1994 | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.1959 | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.1927 | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.1897 | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 0.1868 | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.1841 | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.1815 | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.179 | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.1766 | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.1719 | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 0.1732 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.1686 | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 0.1657 | -1.8% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 0.1657 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1713, 97% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 0.1657 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.1328, 1.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 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 | -33.2% | 0.3815 | 0.2549 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.5362 | 0.5201 | 0.5517 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.4941 | 0.4698 | 0.516 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.5053 | 0.4474 | 0.5704 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.455 | 0.3861 | 0.4936 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3636 | 0.3442 | 0.3823 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2287 | 0.206 | 0.2549 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1888 | 0.1766 | 0.2025 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1699 | 0.1657 | 0.1732 | 4 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
More poverty & inequality data for East Timor
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.71 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,129 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 9.55 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 8.71 (2016)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 8.7% (2016)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in East Timor?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in East Timor was 0.1657 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5704 in 1978.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1657 in 2023.
- How does East Timor rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?
- East Timor ranks 52nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.