East Timor vs the Marshall Islands: Economic Indicators Comparison

East Timor with a GDP of $2.6B ranked the 171st largest economy in the world, while the Marshall Islands ranked 193rd with $221.3M. By GDP per capita, East Timor and the Marshall Islands ranked 146th vs 123rd, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	East Timor	Marshall Islands
GDP	$2.6B	$221.3M
GDP growth, 1 year	0.8%	3.62%
GDP growth, 5-years average	1.9%	N/A
Population	1.3M	53k
GDP per capita	$2k	$3.8k
GDP per capita growth	0.81%	2.99%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	0.27	0.95
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.27	0.95
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$5.2k	$4k
GNI, Atlas method	$2.3B	$283.7M
GNI per capita	$1.8k	$4.9k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$8.9B	$297.6M
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$7k	$5.1k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	East Timor	Marshall Islands
Income Tax Rate	10%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	10%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	2.3%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	0.9%	0.3%
Unemployment	3%	4.7%
Economic Freedom Index	45.9	58
Personal Freedom Index	7.19	6.2
Human Freedom Index	6.41	6.2
Property Rights Index	45.2	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	12.6	N/A
Business Freedom Index	64	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	19.9	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	58.9	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	45	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	20	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	75	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	76.5	N/A
Government Spending Index	5.3	N/A
Tax Burden Index	96.3	N/A
Government Integrity Index	32.5	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	35	64
Life expectancy at birth, years	69	65.2
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	4.6	1
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	12.7	5.7
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	4	4
International tourism, number of arrivals	75k	6.8k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	East Timor	Marshall Islands
Central government debt, % of GDP	5.4%	48.9%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	6.7%	N/A
External debt stocks	$158.1M	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	0.4%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	0.3%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	-14.6%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	12.3%	17.2%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	22.5%	23.4%
Total reserves including gold	$673.9M	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$47.9M	$9.8M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	East Timor	Marshall Islands
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	61.1%	40.4%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	59.9%	85.3%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$191.1M	$53M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	38.4%	32.2%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$119.1M	$50.6M
Personal remittances received	$96.3M	$31.5M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	45.8%	12.8%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	10.4%	15.2%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$33k	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	N/A	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	36.4%	57.9%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	56.2%	N/A