Educational attainment rate … Educational primary location LPIA in Thailand
Thailand: Educational attainment rate … Educational primary location LPIA was 0.8661 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Thailand, 2007–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 0.8661 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Thailand peaked at 0.8661 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6614 LPIA, in 2007.
Thailand ranks 63rd of 100 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate … Educational primary location LPIA in Thailand, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.6614 LPIA | — |
| 2010 | 0.7578 LPIA | +14.6% |
| 2013 | 0.7676 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.7808 LPIA | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.7777 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.7955 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 0.7956 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.8073 LPIA | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.8288 LPIA | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 0.8196 LPIA | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.8321 LPIA | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.8456 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 0.8517 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 0.8661 LPIA | +1.7% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 0.8661 LPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9106 LPIA, 95% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 0.8661 LPIA is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9159 LPIA, 95% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6614 LPIA | 0.6614 LPIA | 0.6614 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.7889 LPIA | 0.7578 LPIA | 0.8288 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.843 LPIA | 0.8196 LPIA | 0.8661 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 60 Chile 0.8775 LPIA compare
- 61 Philippines 0.8716 LPIA compare
- 62 Belize 0.8678 LPIA compare
- 64 South Africa 0.863 LPIA compare
- 65 Costa Rica 0.8612 LPIA compare
- 66 Egypt 0.8105 LPIA compare
More education data for Thailand
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.74 (2025)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.18 (2025)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 243,991 (2025)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 13,596 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 758,147 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 716,498 (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.26 million (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.45 million (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.23 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Thailand?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Thailand was 0.8661 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8661 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6614 LPIA in 2007.
- How does Thailand rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Thailand ranks 63rd out of 100 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release