Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education was 9 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Timor-Leste, 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2019, number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Timor-Leste stood at 9. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Timor-Leste peaked at 9 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1998.
That places Timor-Leste 96th out of 205 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0 | — |
| 1999 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 6 | — |
| 2001 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 9 | +50.0% |
| 2009 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 9 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.6 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
| 2010s | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Timor-Leste?
- Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Timor-Leste was 9 in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 9 in 2008.
- What is the lowest number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1998.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education?
- Timor-Leste ranks 96th out of 205 countries with data for 2019.
- Is number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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 Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education. Most countries have legislation specifying the ages and the level of education (typically pre-primary or primary education) at which children should start school. Such legislation usually also specifies either the number of years of education that are guaranteed or the age at which young people may leave education or, in some cases, both. The number of years of primary and secondary education to which children are legally entitled should ideally be the number of grades of primary and secondary education which young people are expected to have completed before being legally eligible to leave school. Years of pre-primary education covered by the legal entitlement should be excluded from this indicator. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/