Timor-Leste
Background Information
Region
East Asia & Pacific
World Bank income group
Lower middle income
Percent of population aged 10-24
33% (UNFPA, 2020)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
183,594 (UIS, 2020)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
186,814 (UIS, 2020)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
15%
Source: UNSDG, 2016
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
34
Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)
33%
Source: DHS, 2016
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
43%
Source: DHS, 2016
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)
9
Source: UIS, 2019
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education
Source: UIS, 2018
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
No data available
Completion rate
Primary school age
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Female 85%
-
Male 76%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Lower secondary school age
-
Female 70%
-
Male 63%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Upper secondary school age
-
Female 54%
-
Male 49%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Out-of-school rate
Primary school
-
Female 9%
-
Male 10%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Lower secondary school
-
Female 9%
-
Male 11%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Upper secondary school
-
Female 20%
-
Male 23%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016