Compulsory education, duration in East Timor
East Timor: Compulsory education, duration was 9 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Compulsory education, duration in East Timor, 2000–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 9 years for compulsory education, duration in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, compulsory education, duration in East Timor peaked at 9 years in 2008 and was at its lowest, 6 years, in 2000.
That places East Timor 115th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.6 years | 6 years | 9 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 9 years | 9 years | 9 years | 6 |
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More education data for East Timor
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 33.1% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 119.7% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 7,144 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, female 120.6% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, male 118.7% (2023)
- Labor force, total 635,489 (2025)
- Labor force, female 45.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compulsory education, duration in East Timor?
- Compulsory education, duration in East Timor was 9 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest compulsory education, duration recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 9 years in 2008.
- What is the lowest compulsory education, duration recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 years in 2000.
- How does East Timor rank for compulsory education, duration?
- East Timor ranks 115th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is compulsory education, duration rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Compulsory education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.