National Institute of Statistics of Timor-Leste (INETL)

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Conducted and analyzed the 2024 Survey on Living Conditions

Timor-Leste's poverty rate fell from 48.4% in 2014 to 37% in 2024, according to the living-conditions report presented on October 20 by the Ministry of Finance and the National Institute of Statistics. The 11.4-point decline came alongside rapid service gains: the share of the population without electricity dropped from 27.9% to 1.7%, and those without safe drinking water fell from 25.4% to 9.1%.

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