Outline of Timor-Leste

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Timor-Leste: Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) – sovereign island nation located in Southeast Asia.

In 1999, following the United Nations-sponsored act of self-determination, Indonesia relinquished control of the territory and Timor-Leste became the first new sovereign state of the twenty-first century on May 20, 2002.

Timor-Leste is one of only two predominantly Roman Catholic countries in Southeast Asia, the other being the Philippines.

At US$2,500,[1] the per capita GDP (purchasing power parity adjusted) of Timor-Leste is one of the lowest in the world.

Its Human Development Index (HDI), however, corresponds to a medium degree of human development and places Timor-Leste 142nd among the world's states.