Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Thailand
Thailand: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 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, completed primary education or higher 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% |
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
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 305,368 (2025)
- 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 69.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 100.73 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.7% (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