Gender in East Timor 216 indicators covering gender for East Timor. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Can a Woman Travel Outside the Country in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Travel Outside Her Home in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Choose Where to Live in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Apply For a Passport in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Mobility Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Work in a Job Deemed Dangerous in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Work in An Industrial Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Work at Night in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Does the Law Mandate Equal Remuneration For Work of Equal Value? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pay Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Obtain a Judgment of Divorce in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Be Head of Household in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is There No Legal Provision That Requires a Married Woman to Obey Her 1 2023 unchanged 1st Does a Woman Have the Same Rights to Remarry as a Man? 0 2023 — 123rd Is There Legislation Specifically Addressing Domestic Violence? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Marriage Score 80 2023 unchanged 105th Are Periods of Absence Due to Childcare Accounted For in Pension 1 2023 — 1st Is the Mandatory Retirement Age For Men and Women the Same? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Partial Pension 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Full Pension 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pension Score 100 2023 up 33.3% 1st Can a Woman Get a Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Workplace Score 75 2023 unchanged 121st Women Business and the Law Index 86.25 2023 up 7.0% 63rd Women Business and the Law Index 86.25 2023 up 7.0% 63rd Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 112.7% 2025 up 51.5% 93rd Share of female employment by economic sector 46.7% 2025 down 4.1% 33rd Maternal Mortality Ratio, Modeled Estimate 192 2023 down 45.0% 38th Prevalence rate of hypertension in men aged 30-79 33.8 2019 up 1.2% 142nd Prevalence rate of hypertension in women aged 30-79 36.7 2019 up 8.3% 110th Total Fertility Rate 3.05 2022 down 31.4% 56th Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 20.0% 2025 up 60.0% 105th Women of reproductive age 355,237 2023 up 33.6% 152nd Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern 57.2% 2026 up 23.3% 129th Share of people who don't drink alcohol, men vs women 43.7% 2020 down 0.7% 72nd Number of seats held by women in national parliaments 23 2026 down 8.0% 135th Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 35.4% 2026 down 8.0% 50th Share of women in ministerial positions 20.0% 2024 up 69.5% 100th Share of women in parliament 35.4% 2025 down 8.0% 46th Preprimary Gross Enrollment Rate 27.87 2020 up 100.2% 158th Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 14.8% 2016 up 78.2% 110th Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 38.4% 2016 down 22.7% 55th Proportion of Seats Held By Women in National Parliaments 35.38 2024 down 8.0% 46th Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament 0.71 ratio 2026 down 7.8% 34th Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) 99.9% 2022 up 63.1% 108th Share of pregnant women who have anemia 30.7% 2023 down 5.5% 77th Number of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) with anaemia 105.2 2023 up 42.9% 149th Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia 29.7% 2023 up 6.1% 74th Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia, pregnant 30.7% 2023 down 5.5% 81st Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia, non-pregnant 29.6% 2023 up 6.9% 73rd Prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15-49 29.7 2023 up 6.1% 72nd Gender Development Index 0.904 2022 down 0.4% 148th Proportion of women in managerial positions - 13th ICLS 22.8% 2022 down 30.7% 121st Literacy rate, adult female 65.7% 2022 up 24.1% 68th Access to anti-retroviral drugs, female 57.0% 2024 up 137.5% 108th Access to anti-retroviral drugs, male 62.0% 2024 up 463.6% 94th Adjusted gender parity index for participation rate in organized 1.09 2020 down 4.3% 13th Gender Inequality Index 0.415 2022 down 13.7% 62nd Suicide Rate 3.56 2021 down 6.8% 147th Female migrants 39.6% 2020 down 19.9% 191st ← Previous Page 3 of 4 Next →