Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 26.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Timor-Leste, 2008–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Timor-Leste recorded 26.0% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2019. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 114.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Timor-Leste peaked at 26.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2008.
Timor-Leste ranks 81st of 168 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0.0% | — |
| 2009 | 12.1% | — |
| 2010 | 15.3% | +26.0% |
| 2011 | 16.0% | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 13.7% | -14.1% |
| 2013 | 13.1% | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 13.0% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 13.9% | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 17.5% | +25.7% |
| 2017 | 24.3% | +38.6% |
| 2018 | 25.7% | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 26.0% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.1% | 0.0% | 12.1% | 2 |
| 2010s | 17.9% | 13.0% | 26.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
More education data for Timor-Leste
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 112,858 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.6704 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 83,943 (2020)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.28 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.1645 units per person (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7,144 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 114,798 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.0815 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Timor-Leste?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Timor-Leste was 26.0% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 26.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2008.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Timor-Leste ranks 81st out of 168 countries with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is up 114.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Timor-Leste data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release