Over-age students, primary in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Over-age students, primary was 16.1% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Timor-Leste, 2008–2018
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
In 2018, over-age students, primary in Timor-Leste stood at 16.1%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 7.4% on the previous year and down 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Timor-Leste peaked at 22.5% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 16.1%, in 2018.
Timor-Leste ranks 30th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 22.5% | — |
| 2009 | 20.2% | -10.4% |
| 2010 | 20.5% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 20.0% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 20.2% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 20.4% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 20.1% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 19.3% | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 18.2% | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 17.4% | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 16.1% | -7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.3% | 20.2% | 22.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | 19.1% | 16.1% | 20.5% | 9 |
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More education data for Timor-Leste
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 7,144 (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 33.1% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Timor-Leste?
- Over-age students, primary in Timor-Leste was 16.1% in 2018, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 22.5% in 2008.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.1% in 2018.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for over-age students, primary?
- Timor-Leste ranks 30th out of 191 countries with data for 2018.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Timor-Leste data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.