Children out of school, primary, male in Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste: Children out of school, primary, male was 8,710 in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
8,710
Change on year
up 29.8%
World rank
104th
of 177 countries
All-time high
10,095
in 2008
All-time low
4,661
in 2011
Years of data
14
2008–2023

Children out of school, primary, male in Timor-Leste, 2008–2023

02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k2008201520232008: 10.1k2009: 6.6k2010: 6.4k2011: 4.7k2012: 7.3k2013: 7.7k2014: 9.2k2015: 9.4k2016: 9.6k2017: 7.0k2018: 7.2k2019: 7.5k2020: 6.7k2023: 8.7k

Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Analysis

Timor-Leste recorded 8,710 for children out of school, primary, male in 2023.

That represents a change of up 29.8% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, children out of school, primary, male in Timor-Leste peaked at 10,095 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 4,661, in 2011.

That places Timor-Leste 104th out of 177 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

Children out of school, primary, male in Timor-Leste, year by year

Annual values for Children out of school, primary, male in Timor-Leste, 2008 to 2023.
Year Value Change
2008 10,095
2009 6,595 -34.7%
2010 6,432 -2.5%
2011 4,661 -27.5%
2012 7,296 +56.5%
2013 7,721 +5.8%
2014 9,159 +18.6%
2015 9,369 +2.3%
2016 9,634 +2.8%
2017 6,970 -27.7%
2018 7,164 +2.8%
2019 7,497 +4.6%
2020 6,710 -10.5%
2023 8,710 +29.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 8,345 6,595 10,095 2
2010s 7,590 4,661 9,634 10
2020s 7,710 6,710 8,710 2

Countries ranked near Timor-Leste

  1. 101 Chile 9,892 compare
  2. 102 Costa Rica 9,280 compare
  3. 103 Thailand 8,980 compare
  4. 105 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8,643 compare
  5. 106 Guyana 8,547 compare
  6. 107 Belarus 8,421 compare

See the full ranking of 182 places →

More education data for Timor-Leste

All data for Timor-Leste →

Frequently asked questions

What is children out of school, primary, male in Timor-Leste?
Children out of school, primary, male in Timor-Leste was 8,710 in 2023, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
What is the highest children out of school, primary, male recorded in Timor-Leste?
The highest recorded value was 10,095 in 2008.
What is the lowest children out of school, primary, male recorded in Timor-Leste?
The lowest recorded value was 4,661 in 2011.
How does Timor-Leste rank for children out of school, primary, male?
Timor-Leste ranks 104th out of 177 countries with data for 2023.
Is children out of school, primary, male rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Timor-Leste data come from?
The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Children out of school, primary, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Children out of school, primary, male in Timor-Leste. Statizoid, drawing on Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 31 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/children-out-of-school-primary-male/timor-leste/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/children-out-of-school-primary-male/timor-leste/">Children out of school, primary, male in Timor-Leste</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Children out of school, primary, male
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
182 places, 3,680 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.