Sierra Leone vs Timor-Leste: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age
Sierra Leone
0.5978 modelled data
in 2025
Timor-Leste
0.6397 modelled data
in 2025
Sierra Leone rank
174th
Timor-Leste rank
171st
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age over time
- Sierra Leone
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports 0.6397 modelled data against 0.5978 modelled data in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.0419 modelled data.
That makes Timor-Leste's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 174th and Timor-Leste ranks 171st of 205 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.22 modelled data | 1.07 modelled data | 0.1427 modelled data | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.9891 modelled data | 0.8407 modelled data | 0.1484 modelled data | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.6808 modelled data | 0.5866 modelled data | 0.0942 modelled data | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, Sierra Leone or Timor-Leste?
- Timor-Leste, at 0.6397 modelled data against 0.5978 modelled data in Sierra Leone as of 2025.
- What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age between Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste?
- 0.0419 modelled data, with Timor-Leste ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste rank globally for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- Sierra Leone ranks 174th and Timor-Leste ranks 171st of 205 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, 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