Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, male in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, male was 83.9% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, male in Timor-Leste, 2008–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, male in Timor-Leste stood at 83.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, male in Timor-Leste peaked at 86.7% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 79.2%, in 2008.
Timor-Leste ranks 108th of 161 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, male in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 79.2% | — |
| 2009 | 80.1% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 81.3% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 83.4% | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 84.9% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 84.1% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 86.0% | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 86.3% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 86.7% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 85.9% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 83.5% | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 84.2% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 83.9% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 79.6% | 79.2% | 80.1% | 2 |
| 2010s | 84.6% | 81.3% | 86.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.9% | 83.9% | 83.9% | 1 |
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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 total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, male in Timor-Leste?
- Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, male in Timor-Leste was 83.9% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, male recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 86.7% in 2016.
- What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, male recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.2% in 2008.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, male?
- Timor-Leste ranks 108th out of 161 countries with data for 2020.
- Is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, male rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. 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 Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release