Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender in Thailand
Thailand: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender was 0.899 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Thailand, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 0.899 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Thailand peaked at 0.917 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4031 GPIA, in 1970.
That places Thailand 101st out of 134 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender in Thailand, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.4031 GPIA | — |
| 1980 | 0.5112 GPIA | +26.8% |
| 2000 | 0.8086 GPIA | +58.2% |
| 2004 | 0.8589 GPIA | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8484 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8674 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8968 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 0.8824 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.892 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.8901 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.8907 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.894 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.8931 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.917 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 0.8991 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 0.901 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.896 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9028 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 0.899 GPIA | -0.4% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 0.899 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.994 GPIA, 90% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 0.899 GPIA is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9741 GPIA, 92% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender in Thailand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +58.2% | 0.5112 GPIA | 0.8086 GPIA |
| 1980 | +26.8% | 0.4031 GPIA | 0.5112 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4031 GPIA | 0.4031 GPIA | 0.4031 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.5112 GPIA | 0.5112 GPIA | 0.5112 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8458 GPIA | 0.8086 GPIA | 0.8674 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.8945 GPIA | 0.8824 GPIA | 0.917 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.8996 GPIA | 0.896 GPIA | 0.9028 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 98 Bangladesh 0.9023 GPIA compare
- 99 Iran 0.9019 GPIA compare
- 100 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9013 GPIA compare
- 102 Kenya 0.8945 GPIA compare
- 103 El Salvador 0.8922 GPIA compare
- 104 Peru 0.8802 GPIA compare
More education data for Thailand
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.74 (2025)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.18 (2025)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 243,991 (2025)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 13,596 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 758,147 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 716,498 (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.26 million (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.45 million (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.23 % change on previous year (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 0.899 GPIA 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 0.917 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4031 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Thailand rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Thailand ranks 101st out of 134 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 0.8%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release