Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in East Timor
East Timor: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 1.06 index in 2020. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in East Timor, 2008–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 1.06 index for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in 2020. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in East Timor peaked at 1.06 index in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.9954 index, in 2008.
That places East Timor 22nd out of 163 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9989 index | 0.9954 index | 1 index | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.02 index | 1 index | 1.05 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.06 index | 1.06 index | 1.06 index | 1 |
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More education data for East Timor
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 33.1% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.7% (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 119.7% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 7,144 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.63 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 120.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in East Timor?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in East Timor was 1.06 index in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 index in 2020.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9954 index in 2008.
- How does East Timor rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- East Timor ranks 22nd out of 163 countries with data for 2020.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal net enrollment rates in lower secondary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.