Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 0.2% in 2023. βΌ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.2%
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
47th
of 52 countries
All-time high
0.3%
in 2019
All-time low
0.2%
in 2023
Years of data
5
2019β2023
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Viet Nam, 2019β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Viet Nam stood at 0.2%. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 20.1% over five years.
Viet Nam ranks 47th of 52 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
- 44 Rwanda 0.3%
- 45 Paraguay 0.3%
- 46 Romania 0.2% compare
- 48 Philippines 0.2%
- 49 Bangladesh 0.2% compare
- 50 Pakistan 0.1%
More education data for Viet Nam
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 380,535 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 106.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0038 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Viet Nam?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Viet Nam was 0.2% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2023.
- How does Viet Nam rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Viet Nam ranks 47th out of 52 countries with data for 2023.
- Where does this Viet Nam data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, urban, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release