Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Thailand
Thailand: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.884 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 0.884 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 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Thailand peaked at 0.884 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6709 LPIA, in 2007.
That places Thailand 60th out of 99 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 0.6709 LPIA | — |
| 2010 | 0.7674 LPIA | +14.4% |
| 2013 | 0.7817 LPIA | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 0.7976 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.7959 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.8142 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 0.8126 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.821 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.8394 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 0.8358 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.8482 LPIA | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.8615 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 0.8689 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 0.884 LPIA | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6709 LPIA | 0.6709 LPIA | 0.6709 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.8037 LPIA | 0.7674 LPIA | 0.8394 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.8597 LPIA | 0.8358 LPIA | 0.884 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
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 0.884 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 0.884 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6709 LPIA in 2007.
- How does Thailand rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Thailand ranks 60th out of 99 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 10.8%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release