Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender in Thailand
Thailand: Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender was 1.27 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Thailand, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 1.27 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2024. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Thailand peaked at 1.27 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4593 GPIA, in 1970.
Thailand ranks 15th of 127 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender in Thailand, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.4593 GPIA | — |
| 1980 | 0.6414 GPIA | +39.6% |
| 2000 | 1.03 GPIA | +60.9% |
| 2004 | 1.06 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 1.16 GPIA | +9.8% |
| 2010 | 1.11 GPIA | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 1.05 GPIA | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 1.18 GPIA | +11.7% |
| 2015 | 1.18 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 1.09 GPIA | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 1.22 GPIA | +11.5% |
| 2018 | 1.08 GPIA | -11.1% |
| 2019 | 1.1 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 1.24 GPIA | +12.4% |
| 2021 | 1.26 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 1.11 GPIA | -11.9% |
| 2023 | 1.27 GPIA | +14.5% |
| 2024 | 1.27 GPIA | +0.0% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 1.27 GPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.11 GPIA, 1.1× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 1.27 GPIA is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.09 GPIA, 1.2× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4593 GPIA | 0.4593 GPIA | 0.4593 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.6414 GPIA | 0.6414 GPIA | 0.6414 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.08 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 1.16 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 1.13 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 1.22 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.23 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 1.27 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
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 short-cycle tertiary education in Thailand?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Thailand was 1.27 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.27 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4593 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Thailand rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Thailand ranks 15th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. 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 short-cycle tertiary 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