Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9303 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Viet Nam, 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 Viet Nam is 0.9303 LPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Viet Nam peaked at 0.9303 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8744 LPIA, in 2011.
Viet Nam ranks 55th of 99 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 Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.8764 LPIA | — |
| 2011 | 0.8744 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8845 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.8822 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.8816 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.8875 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.8921 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.8973 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.8976 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9269 LPIA | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9038 LPIA | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9204 LPIA | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.9221 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9303 LPIA | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.8901 LPIA | 0.8744 LPIA | 0.9269 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9192 LPIA | 0.9038 LPIA | 0.9303 LPIA | 4 |
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More education data for Viet Nam
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Viet Nam?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Viet Nam was 0.9303 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9303 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8744 LPIA in 2011.
- How does Viet Nam rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Viet Nam ranks 55th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Viet Nam 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