Education in East Timor

1,268 indicators covering education for East Timor.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female 120.6% 2023 down 6.1% 8th
School life expectancy, primary, male 7.18 years 2023 down 9.9% 27th
School life expectancy, primary, female 7.26 years 2023 down 7.6% 22nd
Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita 6.9% 2023 up 6.3% 69th
Secondary education, general pupils, annual growth rate 3.04 % change on previous year 2018 down 82.1% 60th
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 2.6% 43rd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 98.1% 2019 up 2.0% 86th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 100.8% 2019 up 10.8% 71st
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 11.89 years 2019 up 0.7% 79th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index 1.03 GPI 2019 up 9.5% 43rd
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 12.19 years 2019 up 10.4% 65th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 13,390 2020 up 106.0% 145th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, male 13,267 2020 up 102.3% 146th
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes 140 2023 down 99.7% 160th
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number), per 0.0038 units per square kilometre 2023 down 99.7% 154th
Government expenditure on education, total 5.2% 2023 down 7.5% 52nd
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male (number), per square 0.0056 units per square kilometre 2023 down 99.7% 153rd
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of 0 number per US$ of GDP 2019 down 21.9% 37th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per square 1.61 number per square kilometre 2019 up 243.6% 115th
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 86.0% 2018 up 21.4% 95th
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 93.8% 2018 up 20.5% 80th
Secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita 0.0111 units per person 2018 61st
Secondary education, vocational pupils 14,120 2018 121st
Teachers in secondary education, both sexes 6,182 2020 up 40.0% 152nd
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 12.18 % change on previous year 2019 down 49.5% 15th
Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), per square 0.4158 units per square kilometre 2020 up 40.0% 117th
Secondary education, vocational pupils, per square kilometre 0.9496 units per square kilometre 2018 67th
Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education 95.3% 2023 up 0.4% 91st
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes 84.7% 2020 up 24.1% 137th
Number of under-five deaths, male 812 2024 down 29.3% 101st
Number of under-five deaths, female 637 2024 down 30.3% 101st
Number of infant deaths, male 598 2024 down 29.0% 104th
Number of infant deaths, female 453 2024 down 29.9% 106th
School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes 5.2 years 2020 up 19.4% 129th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 11.8 years 2020 down 4.0% 96th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 97.4% 2020 down 3.6% 100th
Secondary education, vocational pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2018 9th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.0025 number per person 2019 down 9.0% 139th
Teachers in primary education, female 3,198 number 2019 up 11.8% 153rd
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female 57 2023 down 99.7% 155th
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male 83 2023 down 99.7% 156th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre 0.2151 number per square kilometre 2019 up 11.8% 111th
Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1.05 index 2023 up 1.5% 10th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per unit of GDP 0 number per US$ of GDP 2019 down 60.0% 30th
Children out of school, female 4.7% 2023 down 6.9% 94th
Children out of school, male 9.0% 2023 up 15.1% 60th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 12,011 number 2019 up 237.5% 142nd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 99.4% 2020 down 1.2% 81st
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 95.5% 2020 down 5.8% 100th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.04 GPIA 2020 up 4.7% 38th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, female 89.4% 2020 up 30.3% 126th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.1 GPIA 2020 up 9.2% 28th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, male 80.3% 2020 up 18.0% 139th
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 39.6% 2019 down 20.4% 78th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 12.02 years 2020 down 1.3% 86th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.04 GPIA 2020 up 5.5% 43rd
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 11.59 years 2020 down 6.6% 98th
School life expectancy, secondary, male 4.96 years 2020 up 12.6% 134th
School life expectancy, secondary, female 5.46 years 2020 up 26.4% 125th
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.09 GPIA 2020 up 11.3% 36th