Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Cambodia
Cambodia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender was 0.7042 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Cambodia, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Cambodia recorded 0.7042 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.7% on the previous year and up 35.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Cambodia peaked at 0.7042 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.4545 GPIA, in 2007.
That places Cambodia 87th out of 100 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Cambodia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.5775 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.577 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.4545 GPIA | -21.2% |
| 2008 | 0.4929 GPIA | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 0.4556 GPIA | -7.6% |
| 2014 | 0.5198 GPIA | +14.1% |
| 2015 | 0.4631 GPIA | -10.9% |
| 2019 | 0.5804 GPIA | +25.3% |
| 2020 | 0.6427 GPIA | +10.7% |
| 2021 | 0.6196 GPIA | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 0.7042 GPIA | +13.7% |
Cambodia compared with similar countries
- Cambodia's 0.7042 GPIA is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.7341 GPIA, 96% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Cambodia's 0.7042 GPIA is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9456 GPIA, 74% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5115 GPIA | 0.4545 GPIA | 0.5775 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.5211 GPIA | 0.4631 GPIA | 0.5804 GPIA | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.6555 GPIA | 0.6196 GPIA | 0.7042 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
More education data for Cambodia
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 95.4 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 96.31 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 107,312 (2021)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 124,310 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 199,569 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 201,390 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.17 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.27 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 3.07 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Cambodia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Cambodia was 0.7042 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7042 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4545 GPIA in 2007.
- How does Cambodia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Cambodia ranks 87th out of 100 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cambodia 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, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release