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East Timor rankings 2026: where East Timor places in 38 global Top 10s

East Timor is #3 in Countries with the highest death rates from natural disasters and inside the top 10 of 6 rankings. Every position, value and source, regenerated as the data refreshes.

How does East Timor compare with the rest of the world? On Top10Earth it is ranked in 38 of 491 live country rankings, each one built from a named public source. This page gathers every position, value and date in one place. Its best position is #3 in Countries with the highest death rates from natural disasters, where it is measured at 2.9 per 100,000 people (Natural disaster death rate) as of 2026-11-02. East Timor finishes inside the top 10 in 6 rankings.

Top 10 finishes

East Timor is inside the top 10 of 6 further rankings. Each entry names the country directly above it, which is the position to beat at the next refresh.

East Timor by theme

The rankings are grouped by category below, so the economic picture, the health picture and the environmental picture can be read separately. Positions are out of the number of countries each source reports, which differs by ranking.

Health and wellbeing

In health and wellbeing, East Timor holds 14 positions: #3 of 50 in Countries with the highest death rates from natural disasters (2.9 per 100,000 people), #4 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of stunted children under 5 (46.7 %), #5 of 50 in Countries with the highest tuberculosis death rates (118.58 per 100,000 people) and #16 of 50 in Countries with the highest death rates from malnutrition (9.19 per 100,000 people). 10 more rankings are listed below.

World and society

In world and society, East Timor holds 9 positions: #3 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of underweight children (31.9 %), #23 of 50 in Countries where beer makes up the most of alcohol consumption (69.11 %), #26 of 50 in Countries with the largest migrant remittances as a share of GDP (9.99 % of GDP) and #27 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of people living in rural areas (50.63 %). 5 more rankings are listed below.

Finance and crypto

In finance and crypto, East Timor holds 6 positions: #3 of 50 in Countries with the highest government revenues as a share of GDP (51.47 % of GDP), #6 of 50 in Countries with the highest government spending as a share of GDP (52.49 % of GDP), #11 of 50 in Countries with the highest foreign investment inflows (13.31 % of GDP) and #21 of 50 in Countries with the fastest import growth (11.98 %). 2 more rankings are listed below.

Food and agriculture

In food and agriculture, East Timor holds 6 positions: #21 of 50 in Countries where agriculture takes the biggest share of water (91.38 % of total freshwater withdrawal), #31 of 50 in Countries with the highest prevalence of undernourishment (18.7 %), #35 of 50 in Countries producing the most coffee (9.52 thousand tonnes) and #36 of 50 in Countries most dependent on agriculture (share of GDP) (20.16 % of GDP). 2 more rankings are listed below.

Environment and energy

In environment and energy, East Timor holds 3 positions: #15 of 50 in Countries with the most mismanaged plastic reaching the ocean per person (0.55 kg per person per year), #26 of 50 in Countries with the highest oil rents as a share of GDP (5.3 % of GDP) and #41 of 50 in Countries with the most mismanaged plastic waste per person (13.34 kg per person per year).

What changed at the latest refresh

Comparing each ranking's newest snapshot with the one before it, East Timor moved in 36 rankings:

Where East Timor ranks lowest

A guide that only listed wins would be misleading. East Timor's lowest current positions are 50th of 50 in Countries with the highest cocoa bean yields (0.1 tonnes per hectare), 50th of 50 in Countries with the highest death rates from diarrhoeal diseases (17.68 per 100,000 people) and 49th of 50 in Countries with the highest meningitis death rates (2.51 per 100,000 people). Whether a low position is good or bad depends on the metric: being near the bottom of an emissions or mortality ranking is the better place to be.

Every ranking that includes East Timor

How to read these numbers

Each ranking measures one metric from one named source at one time, so a #3 in one table and a #3 in another are not directly comparable. Countries also report in different years: the capture date is when Top10Earth fetched the data, while the source's own year is stated on each ranking page under methodology. For a side-by-side with another country on the same measures, open any ranking and use the head-to-head links, or visit East Timor's entity page for the live table and rank-history chart.

Top10Earth never estimates or edits a value. Each number is fetched from its source on a schedule, hashed, stored and ranked by software, then checked by a quality gate before it is published. If a refresh fails that gate the previous snapshot stays live and a person looks at why. Every past snapshot is kept, which is what makes the rank-history charts on each ranking page possible.

Questions people ask about East Timor

What is East Timor's best ranking on Top10Earth?

#3 in Countries with the highest death rates from natural disasters, with 2.9 per 100,000 people (Natural disaster death rate) as of 2026-11-02.

How many rankings include East Timor?

38 current country rankings out of 491 on the site.

Is East Timor in the top 10 of anything?

Yes: 6 rankings, including #3 in Countries with the highest death rates from natural disasters, #3 in Countries with the highest government revenues as a share of GDP and #3 in Countries with the highest share of underweight children.

Where do the numbers come from?

From Our World in Data. Each ranking page names its source, metric definition and capture date.

When was this guide last updated?

The newest snapshot used here was captured on 2026-11-02. The guide is regenerated automatically as rankings refresh.

Live table and history →

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