Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender in Vietnam
Vietnam: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender was 0.9398 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.9398 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
96th
of 134 countries
All-time high
0.9464 GPIA
in 2019
All-time low
0.7777 GPIA
in 1979
Years of data
14
1979–2023
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Vietnam, 1979–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Vietnam stood at 0.9398 GPIA.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Vietnam peaked at 0.9464 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7777 GPIA, in 1979.
Vietnam ranks 96th of 134 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 … primary gender in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 0.7777 GPIA | — |
| 2010 | 0.883 GPIA | +13.5% |
| 2011 | 0.8805 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.8828 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.8865 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8909 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.8999 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9053 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9056 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9464 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9116 GPIA | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9255 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9368 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9398 GPIA | +0.3% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 0.9398 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.994 GPIA, 95% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 0.9398 GPIA is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9741 GPIA, 96% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7777 GPIA | 0.7777 GPIA | 0.7777 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.8979 GPIA | 0.8805 GPIA | 0.9464 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9284 GPIA | 0.9116 GPIA | 0.9398 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
- 93 Saudi Arabia 0.9503 GPIA compare
- 94 North Macedonia 0.9491 GPIA compare
- 95 Singapore 0.9465 GPIA compare
- 97 Indonesia 0.937 GPIA compare
- 98 Bangladesh 0.9023 GPIA compare
- 99 Iran 0.9019 GPIA compare
More education data for Vietnam
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 98.27 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 456,146 (2022)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 64,555 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.15 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.99 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 9.61 million (2022)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 8.88 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -3.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Vietnam?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Vietnam was 0.9398 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9464 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7777 GPIA in 1979.
- How does Vietnam rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Vietnam ranks 96th out of 134 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vietnam 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