Deposit interest rate in East Timor
East Timor: Deposit interest rate was 0.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Deposit interest rate in East Timor, 2002–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 0.5% for deposit interest rate in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 13.1% on the previous year and down 40.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, deposit interest rate in East Timor peaked at 0.9% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2025.
East Timor ranks 137th of 152 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 6 |
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More financial sector data for East Timor
- Domestic credit to private sector 39.1% (2025)
- Net domestic credit -198.87 million current LCU (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 6.07 (2025)
- Net foreign assets 2.16 billion current LCU (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 39.0% (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 39.1% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. -49.6% (2025)
- Broad money 71.8% (2024)
- Official exchange rate 1 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -2,550 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is deposit interest rate in East Timor?
- Deposit interest rate in East Timor was 0.5% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest deposit interest rate recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2012.
- What is the lowest deposit interest rate recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2025.
- How does East Timor rank for deposit interest rate?
- East Timor ranks 137th out of 152 countries with data for 2025.
- Is deposit interest rate rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Deposit interest rate (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Deposit interest rate is the rate paid by commercial or similar banks for demand, time, or savings deposits. The terms and conditions attached to these rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability. This indicator is expressed as a percentage (a÷b)*100.