WTMG Intelligence

Timor-Leste Relocation Market Intelligence

A data-driven view of Timor-Leste's structural relocation market using migration, economic, destination-attractiveness and corridor indicators.

RMOS Score19.2851
Global RMOS Rank#171 of 171
Migration Momentum26.4
International Migrant Stock8,303
Migrant Share0.6%
MethodologyRMOS-GLOBAL-1.0
Data Coverage100.0%

This profile describes structural relocation-market conditions. It does not represent WTMG customer demand, leads, transactions or revenue.

RMOS-GLOBAL-1.0

Timor-Leste's RMOS position

Authoritative RMOS19.2851
Global rank#171
Countries scored171
Top positionTop 100.0%
Migrant-stock rank#160 of 172
Migration-momentum rank#158 of 172

RMOS component breakdown

Weighted contributions reconcile to the stored authoritative RMOS score.

ComponentNormalized scoreWeightWeighted contribution
Migration Momentum26.425%6.6045
Migrant Market Size7.020%1.4035
Migrant Share9.415%1.4118
GDP per Capita11.815%1.7697
GDP Growth0.610%0.0565
Destination Attractiveness52.910%5.2892
Visa Accessibility55.05%2.7500
Stored final RMOS19.2851

Timor-Leste migration-market scale

Source years are shown separately because the underlying datasets update on different cycles.

International migrant stock8,303Source year: 2024
Migrant share0.6%Source year: 2024
Population1,418,517Source year: 2025
GDP per capita$1,332Source year: 2024
GDP growth-9.1%Source year: 2024

MMS-1.0

Timor-Leste Migration Momentum

These are changes in international migrant stock, not annual migration flows.

2024 migrant stock8,303
2020 migrant stock8,399
2015 migrant stock8,520
2020-2024 change-96 (-1.1%)
2015-2024 change-217 (-2.5%)

Largest migrant-stock origins into Timor-Leste

2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.

RankOrigin2024 migrant stock2020 stock2015 stock2020-2024 change
#1Indonesia4,0664,1134,177-47 (-1.1%)
#2China927938953-11 (-1.2%)
#3Australia547553562-6 (-1.1%)
#4Philippines366370377-4 (-1.1%)
#5Pakistan298301306-3 (-1.0%)
#6Portugal268271276-3 (-1.1%)
#7Vietnam202204208-2 (-1.0%)
#8Singapore787981-1 (-1.3%)
#9New Zealand697072-1 (-1.4%)
#10Bangladesh666769-1 (-1.5%)

Largest destinations for migrants from Timor-Leste

2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.

RankDestination2024 migrant stock2020 stock2015 stock2020-2024 change
#1Indonesia95,60384,31052,987+11,293 (+13.4%)
#2Australia11,54610,2479,992+1,299 (+12.7%)
#3Portugal2,2151,9691,717+246 (+12.5%)
#4Greece231217215+14 (+6.5%)
#5Norway9815+1 (+12.5%)
#6Cabo Verde7780 (0.0%)
#7Denmark210+1 (+100.0%)
#8Iceland001N/A

WTLG input

WTLG Destination Attractiveness

52.9

Country median RAS used by RMOS, based on 1 covered WTLG cities.

WTMG provides market intelligence; WTLG provides destination intelligence.

WTLG input

Visa Accessibility

55.0

Normalized RMOS component. Underlying median WTLG visa score: 55.0, based on 1 contributing cities.

Timor-Leste against the global RMOS universe

A descriptive comparison with the median of currently scored countries.

MeasureTimor-LesteGlobal medianDifference
RMOS19.355.8-36.5
Migration Momentum26.460.1-33.7
Migrant Market Size7.050.3-43.3
Migrant Share9.450.0-40.6
GDP per Capita11.851.1-39.3
GDP Growth0.650.6-50.0
Destination Attractiveness52.967.0-14.1
Visa Accessibility55.060.0-5.0

Data years and limitations

  • UN migrant stock and corridors: 2024; momentum compares 2024 with 2020 and 2015.
  • World Bank GDP inputs use the actual observation years shown above.
  • WTLG destination data reflects the current stored WTLG dataset and depends on covered WTLG cities.
  • RMOS measures structural opportunity, not actual demand; migrant stock is not annual migration flow.
  • Different datasets have different update cycles.
  • This profile does not estimate provider revenue or demand for a specific professional service.

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