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Timor-Leste - Lower secondary completion rate

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Timor-Leste was 95.78 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 97.02 in 2018, while its lowest value was 50.19 in 2008.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
2008	50.19
2009	67.72
2010	70.36
2011	73.79
2012	71.59
2013	69.85
2014	73.00
2015	78.27
2016	83.10
2017	88.33
2018	97.02
2019	95.78

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Timor-Leste was 85.98 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 85.98 in 2019, while its lowest value was 49.69 in 2008.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
2008	49.69
2009	66.53
2010	68.58
2011	72.36
2012	69.34
2013	64.73
2014	68.83
2015	72.18
2016	75.78
2017	81.02
2018	84.86
2019	85.98

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Timor-Leste was 90.81 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 90.86 in 2018, while its lowest value was 49.94 in 2008.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
2008	49.94
2009	67.12
2010	69.46
2011	73.06
2012	70.45
2013	67.25
2014	70.88
2015	75.18
2016	79.39
2017	84.63
2018	90.86
2019	90.81

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Topic: Education Indicators

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