Papua New Guinea vs Timor-Leste: Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity
Papua New Guinea
1.23 modelled data
in 2025
Timor-Leste
1.21 modelled data
in 2025
Papua New Guinea rank
11th
Timor-Leste rank
14th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 1.23 modelled data against 1.21 modelled data in Timor-Leste, a difference of 0.02 modelled data.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 11th and Timor-Leste ranks 14th of 164 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Timor-Leste in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.6402 modelled data | 0.6032 modelled data | 0.037 modelled data | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.8007 modelled data | 0.7991 modelled data | 0.0016 modelled data | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.9416 modelled data | 1.01 modelled data | 0.0678 modelled data | Timor-Leste |
| 2010s | 1.1 modelled data | 1.15 modelled data | 0.0416 modelled data | Timor-Leste |
| 2020s | 1.21 modelled data | 1.2 modelled data | 0.0107 modelled data | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity, Papua New Guinea or Timor-Leste?
- Papua New Guinea, at 1.23 modelled data against 1.21 modelled data in Timor-Leste as of 2025.
- What is the difference in completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity between Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste?
- 0.02 modelled data, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2025.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste rank globally for completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 11th and Timor-Leste ranks 14th of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) (modelled data). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release