Education in East Timor

121 indicators covering education for East Timor.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 435 2024 up 95.1% 106th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 87.5% 2018 down 37.5% 169th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 91.6% 2018 down 39.5% 158th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 1.5% 2100 down 32.1% 35th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 27,900 people 2100 down 34.5% 90th
Population by level of education 853,300 people 2100 up 9.1% 143rd
Repeaters, primary, female 11.2% 2018 down 5.4% 24th
Repeaters, primary, male 15.5% 2018 up 13.1% 19th
School enrollment, secondary, private 24.0% 2019 up 8.3% 53rd
School enrollment, primary 92.3% 2018 up 11.2% 111th
Over-age students, primary 16.1% 2018 down 28.6% 30th
Secondary education, teachers 37.1% 2020 up 28.9% 161st
School enrollment, primary, female 92.9% 2018 up 14.5% 83rd
School enrollment, primary, male 91.7% 2018 up 8.1% 94th
Over-age students, primary, male 18.1% 2018 down 23.3% 27th
Over-age students, primary, female 13.9% 2018 down 34.7% 36th
Compulsory education, duration 9 years 2025 unchanged 115th
Progression to secondary school 93.2% 2017 up 4.0% 112th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 95.4% 2018 up 13.7% 97th
Primary education, pupils 48.3% 2018 up 1.7% 135th
Persistence to grade 5, female 96.2% 2018 up 16.1% 57th
Persistence to grade 5, male 90.5% 2018 up 18.6% 79th
School enrollment, secondary 62.7% 2018 up 81.9% 110th
Preprimary education, duration 3 years 2025 unchanged 104th
Progression to secondary school, male 92.1% 2017 up 3.2% 111th
School enrollment, secondary, female 67.0% 2018 up 85.5% 103rd
School enrollment, secondary, male 58.6% 2018 up 78.1% 115th
Progression to secondary school, female 94.3% 2017 up 4.7% 104th
Expenditure on tertiary education 4.1% 2014 down 49.5% 157th
Literacy rate, youth female 85.9% 2022 up 9.3% 81st
Children out of school, primary 13,085 2023 up 5.9% 105th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 96.7% 2018 up 17.6% 64th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 94.1% 2018 up 10.0% 91st
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 0.99 GPI 2022 up 1.0% 64th
Literacy rate, youth male 86.4% 2022 up 7.3% 78th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 26.95 2018 down 9.5% 54th
Literacy rate, youth total 86.1% 2022 up 8.3% 75th
Secondary education, pupils 51.3% 2018 up 4.9% 30th
Children out of school, primary, female 4,375 2023 down 5.6% 117th
Children out of school, primary, male 8,710 2023 up 12.8% 104th
Literacy rate, adult total 69.4% 2022 up 19.0% 73rd
Literacy rate, adult male 73.1% 2022 up 14.9% 76th
Adolescents out of school 13.5% 2020 down 27.2% 56th
Current education expenditure, total 96.0% 2014 up 21.2% 35th
Current education expenditure, primary 97.0% 2014 up 54.3% 40th
Current education expenditure, secondary 93.8% 2014 up 29.9% 68th
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 26.55 2018 down 17.5% 27th
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 31.8 2018 up 7.9% 15th
Current education expenditure, tertiary 95.4% 2014 up 19.2% 36th
Adolescents out of school, female 10.8% 2020 down 41.2% 60th
Adolescents out of school, male 16.1% 2020 down 13.9% 54th
Net intake rate in grade 1 52.5% 2018 up 10.2% 96th
Net intake rate in grade 1, female 52.2% 2018 up 12.7% 94th
Net intake rate in grade 1, male 52.8% 2018 up 7.8% 96th
Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary, population 63.5% 2022 up 195.6% 63rd
Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary, population 63.1% 2022 up 271.9% 62nd
Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary, population 63.7% 2022 up 145.8% 61st
Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary 26.95 2018 down 29.8% 20th
Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary, popul 22.7% 2022 up 617.9% 64th
Pupil-teacher ratio, upper secondary 26.03 2018 up 5.5% 14th