Lower secondary completion rate, male in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Lower secondary completion rate, male was 84.4% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Timor-Leste, 2008–2020
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2020, lower secondary completion rate, male in Timor-Leste stood at 84.4%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, male in Timor-Leste peaked at 84.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 55.6%, in 2008.
That places Timor-Leste 101st out of 187 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 55.6% | — |
| 2009 | 73.4% | +32.1% |
| 2010 | 72.1% | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 76.4% | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 70.9% | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 67.9% | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 76.4% | +12.6% |
| 2017 | 81.6% | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 83.6% | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 82.4% | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 84.4% | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 64.5% | 55.6% | 73.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 76.4% | 67.9% | 83.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 84.4% | 84.4% | 84.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
- 98 Jamaica 85.3% compare
- 99 South Africa 85.2% compare
- 100 Mexico 84.8% compare
- 102 Ghana 84.1% compare
- 103 Iran, Islamic Republic of 83.5% compare
- 104 Philippines 82.8% compare
More education data for Timor-Leste
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 3,772 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 11.04 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26,657 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1329 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 78,170 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 3,372 (2023)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, male in Timor-Leste?
- Lower secondary completion rate, male in Timor-Leste was 84.4% in 2020, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 84.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.6% in 2008.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for lower secondary completion rate, male?
- Timor-Leste ranks 101st out of 187 countries with data for 2020.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, male rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.1%. 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 Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.