Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.881 LPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Viet Nam, 2010–2022
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 0.881 LPIA, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Viet Nam peaked at 0.8838 LPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8115 LPIA, in 2011.
That places Viet Nam 59th out of 100 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.8132 LPIA | — |
| 2011 | 0.8115 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8248 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.8282 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8214 LPIA | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.8348 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.8362 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.841 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.8838 LPIA | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 0.8451 LPIA | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 0.8731 LPIA | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 0.881 LPIA | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.8328 LPIA | 0.8115 LPIA | 0.8838 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.8664 LPIA | 0.8451 LPIA | 0.881 LPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
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 0.881 LPIA in 2022, 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 0.8838 LPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8115 LPIA in 2011.
- How does Viet Nam rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Viet Nam ranks 59th out of 100 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. 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, 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