Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in East Timor
East Timor: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender was 0.9906 GPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in East Timor, 2001–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 0.9906 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2022. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 51.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in East Timor peaked at 0.9906 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.5462 GPIA, in 2001.
That places East Timor 53rd out of 137 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in East Timor, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.5462 GPIA | — |
| 2010 | 0.6549 GPIA | +19.9% |
| 2015 | 0.7536 GPIA | +15.1% |
| 2016 | 0.7221 GPIA | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9906 GPIA | +37.2% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 0.9906 GPIA is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.7655 GPIA, 1.3× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 0.9906 GPIA is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9683 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5462 GPIA | 0.5462 GPIA | 0.5462 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.7102 GPIA | 0.6549 GPIA | 0.7536 GPIA | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.9906 GPIA | 0.9906 GPIA | 0.9906 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
More education data for East Timor
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 95.33 (2023)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 93.12 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6,182 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 140 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 13,267 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 13,390 (2020)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 162,113 (2020)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 227,656 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.28 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in East Timor?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in East Timor was 0.9906 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9906 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5462 GPIA in 2001.
- How does East Timor rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- East Timor ranks 53rd out of 137 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release