ing underemployment) (1992 est.)
Population below poverty line:
42% (2003 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
38 (2002 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4% (2003 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $107.7 million
expenditures: $73 million, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)
Agriculture - products:
coffee, rice, maize, cassava, sweet potatoes, soybeans, cabbage,
mangoes, bananas, vanilla
Industries:
printing, soap manufacturing, handicrafts, woven cloth
Industrial production growth rate:
8.5%
Electricity - production:
NA kWh (2002)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
NA kWh (2002)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2002)
Exports:
$8 million (2004 est.)
Exports - commodities:
coffee, sandalwood, marble; note - the potential for oil and
vanilla exports
Exports - partners:
Indonesia 100%
Imports:
$167 million (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food, gasoline, kerosene, machinery
Imports - partners:
NA
Debt - external:
none
Economic aid - recipient:
$2.2 billion (1999-2002 est.)
Currency (code):
US dollar (USD)
Currency code:
USD
Exchange rates:
the US dollar is the legal tender
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
Communications East Timor
Telephones - main lines in use:
NA
Telephones - mobile cellular:
NA
Telephone system:
NA
Radio broadcast stations:
AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA
Radios:
NA
Television broadcast stations:
NA
Televisions:
NA
Internet country code:
.tl; note - ICANN approved the change from .tp in January 2005
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
NA
Internet users:
NA
Transportation East Timor
Highways:
total: 3,800 km
paved: 428 km
unpaved: 3,372 km (1995)
Ports and harbors:
Dili
Airports:
8 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)
Heliports:
1 (2004 est.)
Military East Timor
Military branches:
East Timor Defense Force (Forcas de Defesa de Timor-L'este, FDTL):
Army
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