Timor-Leste's adult literacy rose from 37.6 % in 2001 to 69.4 % in 2022.
Timor-Leste's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 151.2 % in 2001 to 119.7 % in 2023.
Timor-Leste · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 13 with data
Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24)
% of people ages 15–24
48th of 58 · 10th in East Asia & Pacific
Timor-Leste's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 85.6 % in 2009 to 86.1 % in 2022.
Timor-Leste's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 41.3 % in 2001 to 84.7 % in 2020.
Timor-Leste's tertiary enrolment rose from 8.4 % in 2002 to 31.0 % in 2023.
Timor-Leste's children out of school, primary fell from 19,567 in 2008 to 13,085 in 2023.
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- Primary completion rateup +6.7 pts88th of 137
- Tertiary attainmentup +13.0 pts57th of 111*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +37.3 pts58th of 117*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs102nd of 195
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- Education spendingup +2.3 pts24th of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −1.9 pts60th of 60
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −2.6 %64th of 90
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