Papua New Guinea vs Timor-Leste: Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index
Papua New Guinea
1.23 index
in 2025
Timor-Leste
1.21 index
in 2025
Papua New Guinea rank
11th
Timor-Leste rank
14th
Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 1.23 index against 1.21 index in Timor-Leste, a difference of 0.02 index.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 11th and Timor-Leste ranks 14th of 164 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Timor-Leste in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.6402 index | 0.6032 index | 0.037 index | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.8007 index | 0.7991 index | 0.0016 index | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.9416 index | 1.01 index | 0.0678 index | Timor-Leste |
| 2010s | 1.1 index | 1.15 index | 0.0416 index | Timor-Leste |
| 2020s | 1.21 index | 1.2 index | 0.0107 index | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index, Papua New Guinea or Timor-Leste?
- Papua New Guinea, at 1.23 index against 1.21 index in Timor-Leste as of 2025.
- What is the difference in lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index between Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste?
- 0.02 index, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2025.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste rank globally for lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 11th and Timor-Leste ranks 14th of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal lower secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.