Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral urban male in Vietnam
Vietnam: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral urban male was 0.2% in 2023. ▼ 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
2019–2023
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Vietnam, 2019–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Vietnam 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.
Vietnam ranks 47th of 52 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral urban male in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0.3% | — |
| 2020 | 0.3% | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | -15.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 0.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5%, 51% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 0.2% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2%, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
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 Vietnam
- 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 Vietnam
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 98.27 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 456,146 (2022)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 64,555 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.15 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.99 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 9.61 million (2022)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 8.88 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -3.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Vietnam?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Vietnam was 0.2% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2023.
- How does Vietnam rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Vietnam ranks 47th out of 52 countries with data for 2023.
- Where does this Vietnam 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