Primary completion (UIS) in Timor-Leste
In Timor-Leste, 80.7% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2016.
The latest value for Timor-Leste is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2019.
Timor-Leste, 2016
80.7%
Change from 2009
+20.6percentage points
Primary completion (UIS) in Timor-Leste over time
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Timor-Leste
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% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Timor-Leste |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 80.7% |
| 2009 | 60.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 60.1% in 2009, a change of +20.6 percentage points.
More for Timor-Leste
All statistics for Timor-Leste
Lower secondary completion
66.0%
2016 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school completion rate
93.2%
2023 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
29.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Upper secondary completion
52.0%
2016 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
6.9%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
13.5%
2020 · UNESCO UIS