Education in East Timor 121 indicators covering education for East Timor. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Population ages 0-14 33.1% 2025 down 15.4% 57th Population ages 15-64 61.7% 2025 up 10.9% 152nd School enrollment, primary 119.7% 2023 down 7.2% 15th Primary education, teachers 7,144 2023 down 7.4% 151st School enrollment, primary, female 120.6% 2023 down 6.1% 8th School enrollment, primary, male 118.7% 2023 down 8.2% 20th Labor force, female 45.9% 2025 up 0.9% 90th Labor force, total 635,489 2025 up 29.5% 156th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9811 GPI 2020 up 3.8% 123rd School enrollment, secondary 84.7% 2020 up 24.1% 129th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 5.2 per 1,000 2024 down 21.2% 30th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 3.8 per 1,000 2024 down 15.6% 38th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 13.9 per 1,000 2024 up 39.0% 6th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 14.7 per 1,000 2024 up 45.5% 14th Secondary education, teachers 6,182 2020 up 40.0% 152nd School enrollment, secondary, female 89.4% 2020 up 30.3% 120th School enrollment, secondary, male 80.3% 2020 up 18.0% 131st School enrollment, primary, private 12.8% 2019 down 1.7% 98th School enrollment, preprimary 27.9% 2020 up 100.2% 158th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.09 GPI 2020 up 10.3% 33rd Secondary education, teachers, female 2,294 2020 up 80.5% 151st Primary completion rate, female 93.3% 2023 down 2.1% 108th Primary completion rate, male 93.2% 2023 up 3.8% 99th Government expenditure on education, total 5.2% 2023 down 7.5% 52nd Secondary education, general pupils 141,712 2018 up 80.2% 139th Lower secondary completion rate, total 88.3% 2020 up 19.2% 97th School enrollment, preprimary, female 28.5% 2020 up 102.4% 156th School enrollment, preprimary, male 27.2% 2020 up 98.0% 156th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 89.8% 2018 up 21.0% 97th Government expenditure on education, total 4.3% 2025 down 49.9% 190th Secondary education, general pupils 52.3% 2018 up 6.8% 21st Lower secondary completion rate, female 92.3% 2020 up 21.2% 89th Lower secondary completion rate, male 84.4% 2020 up 17.1% 101st Children out of school 6.9% 2023 up 6.3% 67th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 227,656 2023 down 7.5% 137th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Secondary education, pupils 162,113 2020 up 59.7% 140th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 93.8% 2018 up 20.5% 80th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 86.0% 2018 up 21.4% 95th Secondary education, vocational pupils 14,120 2018 — 121st Number of infant deaths, female 453 2024 down 29.9% 106th Number of infant deaths, male 598 2024 down 29.0% 104th Number of under-five deaths, female 637 2024 down 30.3% 101st Number of under-five deaths, male 812 2024 down 29.3% 101st Children out of school, female 4.7% 2023 down 6.9% 94th Children out of school, male 9.0% 2023 up 15.1% 60th Secondary education, vocational pupils 42.0% 2018 down 4.0% 89th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 89.6% 2018 down 38.5% 169th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 1.6% 2025 down 46.7% 175th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 1.6% 2025 down 62.8% 173rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 1.6% 2025 down 56.7% 173rd Primary education, teachers 52.8% 2023 up 32.9% 167th Repeaters, primary, total 13.4% 2018 up 4.7% 22nd Persistence to grade 5, total 93.3% 2018 up 17.4% 76th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 172 2024 down 18.1% 97th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 115 2024 down 18.4% 114th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 439 2024 up 63.2% 96th Page 1 of 3 Next →