Education in East Timor 1,268 indicators covering education for East Timor. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Official entrance age to lower secondary education 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Start of the academic school year 2,024 2025 up 0.4% 56th Theoretical duration of pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 27th Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 58th Theoretical duration of primary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 29th Official entrance age to primary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Teachers in primary education, male 3,372 2023 down 27.5% 117th Teachers in primary education, female 3,772 2023 up 23.1% 155th Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female 52.8% 2023 up 32.9% 178th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes 119.7% 2023 down 7.2% 15th School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 7.22 years 2023 down 8.8% 22nd Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.1% 2019 up 114.9% 94th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 11.3% 2019 up 145.5% 89th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.9% 2019 down 4.5% 128th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.7% 2019 down 7.0% 132nd Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 26,657 2020 up 104.2% 149th Enrolment in secondary education, male 78,170 2020 up 51.2% 143rd Enrolment in secondary education, female 83,943 2020 up 68.7% 139th Teachers in primary education, both sexes 7,144 2023 down 7.4% 151st Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.9% 2020 up 58.2% 100th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.1% 2020 down 3.5% 125th Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 162,113 2020 up 59.7% 140th Enrolment in primary education, male 114,798 2023 down 10.1% 138th Enrolment in primary education, female 112,858 2023 down 4.8% 137th School age population, upper secondary education, male 46,840 2025 up 7.8% 143rd School age population, upper secondary education, female 45,811 2025 up 10.3% 142nd School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 92,651 2025 up 9.0% 142nd School age population, secondary education, male 92,707 2025 up 2.2% 148th School age population, secondary education, female 90,133 2025 up 4.2% 147th School age population, secondary education, both sexes 182,840 2025 up 3.2% 147th School age population, tertiary education, male 79,055 2025 up 29.8% 146th School age population, tertiary education, female 77,172 2025 up 28.4% 144th School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 156,227 2025 up 29.1% 145th School age population, lower secondary education, male 45,867 2025 down 3.0% 147th School age population, lower secondary education, female 44,322 2025 down 1.3% 147th School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 90,189 2025 down 2.2% 147th School age population, last grade of primary education, male 15,806 2025 down 4.2% 144th School age population, last grade of primary education, female 15,257 2025 down 1.1% 144th School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 31,063 2025 down 2.7% 144th School age population, primary education, male 99,945 2025 up 0.7% 141st School age population, primary education, female 97,186 2025 up 4.5% 141st School age population, primary education, both sexes 197,131 2025 up 2.5% 141st Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 17,111 2025 up 6.3% 143rd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 16,713 2025 up 10.4% 142nd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both 33,824 2025 up 8.3% 142nd School age population, one year before the official primary entry 16,799 2025 up 5.7% 145th School age population, one year before the official primary entry 16,361 2025 up 9.4% 142nd School age population, one year before the official primary entry 33,160 2025 up 7.4% 142nd School age population, pre-primary education, male 48,415 2025 up 1.0% 146th School age population, pre-primary education, female 46,822 2025 up 4.0% 146th School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 95,237 2025 up 2.4% 146th Enrolment in primary education, both sexes 227,656 2023 down 7.5% 137th Share of children in primary school age who are in school 93.1% 2023 down 0.4% 139th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Primary education, pupils 227,656 2023 down 7.5% 137th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Secondary education, pupils 162,113 2020 up 59.7% 140th Secondary education, teachers, female, per square kilometre 0.1543 units per square kilometre 2020 up 80.5% 128th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, male 118.7% 2023 down 8.2% 20th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 2.3% 36th ← Previous Page 5 of 22 Next →