Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Thailand
Thailand: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.8476 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Thailand, 2010–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Thailand stood at 0.8476 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Thailand peaked at 0.8476 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7468 LPIA, in 2010.
Thailand ranks 65th 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.7468 LPIA | — |
| 2013 | 0.7518 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.7625 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.7581 LPIA | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.7752 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 0.7772 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.7923 LPIA | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.8166 LPIA | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 0.8021 LPIA | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 0.815 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 0.8286 LPIA | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 0.8339 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.8476 LPIA | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.7726 LPIA | 0.7468 LPIA | 0.8166 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.8254 LPIA | 0.8021 LPIA | 0.8476 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 0.8476 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 0.8476 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7468 LPIA in 2010.
- How does Thailand rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Thailand ranks 65th 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 11.1%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release