Key data points
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Observation period
Jul 2025
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Forecast
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Highest
18.00 % on Feb 28, 2007
Lowest
−2.50 % on Aug 31, 2009
About East Timor Inflation Rate YoY
In East Timor, the inflation rate measures a broad rise or fall in prices that consumers pay for a standard basket of goods. The most important category in the Timor-Leste CPI is Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (64 percent of the total weight), of which Rice (17 percent), Vegetables (15 percent) and Meat (8 percent). Other important categories are: Transport (6 percent); Clothing and Footwear (6 percent); Housing (6 percent); Alcohol and Tobacco (5 percent); and Furnishings, Household Equipment and Routine Household Maintenance (4 percent). The index also includes: Recreation and Culture (3 percent); Communication (2 percent); Education (2 percent); and Health (1 percent).
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Frequently Asked Questions
The highest figure East Timor Inflation Rate YoY has ever reached is 18.00%.
The lowest ever East Timor Inflation Rate YoY is −2.50%.
Last month East Timor Inflation Rate YoY was 0.30%, and the month before it reached 0.00%. To better understand the dynamics, compare these two values.