Existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Existence of a national strategy for youth employment was 2 score in 2025. ▼ Falling
Existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Timor-Leste, 2020–2025
Source: International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in score.
Analysis
In 2025, existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Timor-Leste stood at 2 score. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 100.0% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Timor-Leste ranks 42nd of 75 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | score | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 score | — |
| 2021 | 2 score | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 score | -50.0% |
| 2024 | 1 score | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 2 score | +100.0% |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
- 42 Argentina 2 score compare
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- 42 Costa Rica 2 score compare
- 42 Japan 2 score compare
- 42 Madagascar 2 score compare
- 42 Mauritius 2 score compare
- 42 Namibia 2 score compare
- 42 Republic of Korea 2 score compare
- 42 Thailand 2 score compare
- 42 Viet Nam 2 score compare
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- 42 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2 score compare
- 42 Brazil 2 score compare
- 42 Chile 2 score compare
- 42 Congo 2 score compare
- 42 Indonesia 2 score compare
- 42 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2 score compare
- 42 Paraguay 2 score compare
- 42 Peru 2 score compare
- 42 Sao Tome and Principe 2 score compare
- 42 Somalia 2 score compare
- 42 Tajikistan 2 score compare
- 42 Turkmenistan 2 score compare
- 42 Zimbabwe 2 score compare
More work & labour data for Timor-Leste
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 321 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 667.78 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 67.53 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 66.34 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.18 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 2.55 % change on previous year (2027)
- Legislation on sexual harassment in employment 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Women can take the same jobs as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Criminal sanctions or compensation for workplace sexual harassment 0 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 62.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Timor-Leste?
- Existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Timor-Leste was 2 score in 2025, according to International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest existence of a national strategy for youth employment recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 2 score in 2020.
- What is the lowest existence of a national strategy for youth employment recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 score in 2023.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for existence of a national strategy for youth employment?
- Timor-Leste ranks 42nd out of 75 countries with data for 2025.
- Is existence of a national strategy for youth employment rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Timor-Leste data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Existence of a national strategy for youth employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of development and implementation of a national strategy for youth employment, in a scale from 0 to 3. 0 means no strategy exists, and 3 means that the strategy is developed and operationalized.