Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Vietnam
Vietnam: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9106 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Vietnam, 2010–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Vietnam is 0.9106 LPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Vietnam peaked at 0.9106 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8434 LPIA, in 2011.
Vietnam ranks 57th of 100 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.8446 LPIA | — |
| 2011 | 0.8434 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8551 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 0.8556 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8519 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.8614 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8643 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.8703 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9053 LPIA | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 0.8751 LPIA | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 0.8974 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9021 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9106 LPIA | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.8613 LPIA | 0.8434 LPIA | 0.9053 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.8963 LPIA | 0.8751 LPIA | 0.9106 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
More education data for Vietnam
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Vietnam?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Vietnam was 0.9106 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9106 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8434 LPIA in 2011.
- How does Vietnam rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Vietnam ranks 57th out of 100 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vietnam 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