Income inequality: Atkinson index in East Timor
East Timor: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.1608 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Atkinson index in East Timor, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality: atkinson index in East Timor stood at 0.1608. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in East Timor peaked at 0.1608 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.1545, in 2010.
East Timor ranks 144th of 174 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in East Timor, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.1545 | — |
| 2011 | 0.1545 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.1545 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.1545 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.1608 | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 0.1608 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1608 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1608 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1608 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.1608 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1608 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1608 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.1608 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1608 | +0.0% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 0.1608 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3514, 46% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 0.1608 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2171, 74% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1583 | 0.1545 | 0.1608 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1608 | 0.1608 | 0.1608 | 4 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
- 141 Seychelles 0.1656 compare
- 142 Luxembourg 0.1644 compare
- 143 South Korea 0.1642 compare
- 145 Canada 0.1598 compare
- 146 Estonia 0.1567 compare
- 147 Austria 0.1561 compare
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 income inequality: atkinson index in East Timor?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in East Timor was 0.1608 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1608 in 2014.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1545 in 2010.
- How does East Timor rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- East Timor ranks 144th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.