Lower secondary completion rate, total in East Timor
East Timor: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 88.3% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in East Timor, 2008–2020
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 88.3% for lower secondary completion rate, total in 2020.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in East Timor peaked at 90.6% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 56.2%, in 2008.
East Timor ranks 97th of 187 countries on this measure, 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, total in East Timor, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 56.2% | — |
| 2009 | 74.4% | +32.3% |
| 2010 | 74.0% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 78.2% | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 73.3% | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 68.1% | -7.1% |
| 2016 | 80.8% | +18.6% |
| 2017 | 86.3% | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 90.6% | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 87.9% | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 88.3% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 65.3% | 56.2% | 74.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 79.9% | 68.1% | 90.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 88.3% | 88.3% | 88.3% | 1 |
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More education data for East Timor
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 7,144 (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 33.1% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in East Timor?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in East Timor was 88.3% in 2020, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 90.6% in 2018.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.2% in 2008.
- How does East Timor rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- East Timor ranks 97th out of 187 countries with data for 2020.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, total (% 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.