Education in East Timor 1,268 indicators covering education for East Timor. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 1,875 2018 down 17.5% 25th Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes 13,010 2020 down 8.5% 95th Literacy rate, adult total 69.4% 2022 up 19.0% 73rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 24 2023 up 2,300.0% 87th Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes 25,204 2020 up 12.6% 96th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education 2.0% 2019 down 54.2% 82nd Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male 5.3% 2019 down 19.2% 59th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes 26.6% 2020 down 14.7% 67th Literacy rate, adult male 73.1% 2022 up 14.9% 76th Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, both 1.2% 2023 up 183.0% 129th Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary 58.9% 2020 up 6.6% 141st Outbound mobility ratio to Central and Eastern Europe, both sexes 0.0% 2023 — 175th Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary 56.2% 2020 up 10.7% 134th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 1,704.5% 62nd Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary 1.09 GPIA 2020 down 4.3% 13th Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes 8.6% 2018 down 26.7% 33rd Proportion of total government spending on essential services 4.3% 2025 down 49.9% 192nd Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in public 82.7% 2019 up 4.4% 119th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female 10,432 number 2019 down 40.3% 73rd Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female 23.9% 2020 down 23.3% 70th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male 29.2% 2020 down 6.4% 63rd Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female 11,097 2020 up 1.0% 96th Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary 61.7% 2020 up 4.8% 130th Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male 14,107 2020 up 23.8% 98th Repetition rate in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, both 1.2% 2019 down 34.3% 102nd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 1.5% 2018 down 36.2% 22nd Outbound mobility ratio to South and West Asia, both sexes (UIS) 0.0% 2023 — 70th Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private 17.3% 2019 down 16.9% 75th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 1.4% 2018 down 38.9% 9th Adolescents out of school 13.5% 2020 down 27.2% 56th Government expenditure on pre-primary education as a percentage of GDP 0.5% 2023 up 621.9% 44th Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 151st Government expenditure on secondary education as a percentage of GDP 0.6% 2021 down 61.6% 148th Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in public 67.4% 2019 down 10.5% 146th Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary 22,487 2020 down 9.6% 101st Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, both sexes 86.5% 2020 up 6.2% 129th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 10.8% 2020 down 41.2% 61st Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower 8.0% 2020 down 17.3% 63rd Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 18.1% 2023 down 44.5% 29th Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, female 5,107 2020 down 25.2% 100th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male 16.1% 2020 down 13.9% 55th Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, male 7,903 2020 up 6.9% 92nd Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public 76.0% 2019 down 2.4% 129th Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education 29.3% 2020 down 51.4% 27th Repeaters in Grade 6 of primary education, female 0 2023 down 100.0% 135th Repeaters in Grade 6 of primary education, male 0 2023 down 100.0% 137th Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, both sexes 73.4% 2020 up 6.6% 116th Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America, both sexes (UIS estimate) 0.2% 2023 down 95.5% 46th Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America and the Caribbean, both 0.2% 2023 down 95.5% 46th Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 0.753 GPIA 2023 down 6.5% 102nd Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 15.5% 2023 down 46.4% 29th Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 20.6% 2023 down 42.7% 28th Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education 1.2% 2019 down 43.1% 97th Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, male 2.9% 2019 up 4.4% 81st Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in public 60.4% 2019 up 20.2% 117th Current education expenditure, total 96.0% 2014 up 21.2% 35th Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 8,291 number 2019 down 51.3% 63rd Government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of GDP 3.3% 2023 down 9.4% 7th Enrolment in early childhood education, both sexes 26,657 2020 up 104.2% 132nd Current education expenditure, primary 97.0% 2014 up 54.3% 40th ← Previous Page 14 of 22 Next →