Average years of schooling among adults in East Timor
East Timor: Average years of schooling among adults was 6.23 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Average years of schooling among adults in East Timor, 2000–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 6.23 years for average years of schooling among adults in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average years of schooling among adults in East Timor peaked at 6.23 years in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3.77 years, in 2000.
That places East Timor 149th out of 192 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.44 years | 3.77 years | 5.17 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.4 years | 5.26 years | 5.82 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.17 years | 6.02 years | 6.23 years | 4 |
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More education data for East Timor
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 33.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 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 average years of schooling among adults in East Timor?
- Average years of schooling among adults in East Timor was 6.23 years in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest average years of schooling among adults recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 6.23 years in 2021.
- What is the lowest average years of schooling among adults recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.77 years in 2000.
- How does East Timor rank for average years of schooling among adults?
- East Timor ranks 149th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is average years of schooling among adults rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Average years of schooling among adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average number of years (excluding years spent repeating individual grades) adults over 25 years participated in formal education.