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Timor-Leste

1.4 million people

Timor-Leste is still planning a unique digital ID. A UID strategic plan was approved in 2021 and a UNDP-run project began in 2025. It uses the US dollar and no CBDC work was found.

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Digital ID · Goal 16.9

Digital ID in Timor-Leste

Program
Unique ID (UID) system, planned; civil ID card
Status
Being built or piloted
National ID card
ID card compulsory
Biometrics
Not confirmed
Law
Decree-Law No. 2/2004 (civil ID cards)

A 2019 e-Governance Academy project set out a unique ID model for the government. Decree-Law 2/2004 covers physical ID cards and does not regulate a digital UID.

Digital money · Goal 8.10

Central bank digital currency

Status
No known work

No public CBDC work found as of Oct 2026. Timor-Leste uses the US dollar.

UN and WHO

How Timor-Leste has voted

WHO
Accepted the 2024 rule changes
Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
No recorded objection
Migration compact (Dec 2018)
Didn't vote
Paris climate deal
Party
SDG Index 2026
66.2 · rank 102 of 169
Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
2

Sovereignty score

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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.