Timor-Leste

East Asia & Pacific · Dili

Rank #155 of 173

23.7Strength score

Photos

Irish Army East Timor 2000 — Irish Army East Timor 2000Irish Defence Forces · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

US Navy 060827-N-9076B-232 The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is anchored off the coast of Dili, Timor Leste (East Timor) to provide humanitarian, medical and civic assistance to Dili residents — US Navy 060827-N-9076B-232 The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is anchored off the coast of Dili, Timor Leste (East Timor) to provide humanitarian, medical and civic assistance to Dili residentsU.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Don Bray · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

A C-130 aircraft from the 517th Airlift Squadron takes off from Darwin Royal Australian Air Force Base bound for East Timor — A C-130 aircraft from the 517th Airlift Squadron takes off from Darwin Royal Australian Air Force Base bound for East TimorMaster Sgt. Val Gempis · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

Finance64
Air power—
Manpower51
Land forces—
Naval power—
Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget: $48M #152
Budget as % of GDP: 2.25% #59
Spending per person: $34 #120
GDP: $1.9B #173
Population: 1,418,517 #152

Manpower

Active personnel: 2,000 (World Bank figure) #164
Reserve personnel: —
Paramilitary: —
Total personnel: 2,000 #164

Land forces

Tanks: —
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: —
Towed artillery: —
Rocket launchers (MLRS): —

Air power

Total aircraft: —
Fighter jets: —
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: —
Helicopters: —
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: —
Aircraft carriers: —
Helicopter carriers: —
Submarines: —
Destroyers: —
Frigates: —
Corvettes: —
Patrol vessels: —

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: —

Compare with…

Others in the region

3China93.9 VS
6Korea, Dem. People's Rep.79.4 VS
7Korea, Rep.77.9 VS
11Japan73.7 VS
17Viet Nam69.4 VS
22Thailand67.5 VS
23Indonesia67.4 VS
25Myanmar66.4 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)