Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender in Vietnam
Vietnam: Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender was 0.9711 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Vietnam, 1979–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Vietnam is 0.9711 GPIA, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Vietnam peaked at 0.9724 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.3007 GPIA, in 1979.
That places Vietnam 84th out of 127 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 0.3007 GPIA | — |
| 1989 | 0.4655 GPIA | +54.8% |
| 2009 | 0.7695 GPIA | +65.3% |
| 2010 | 0.7509 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 0.7621 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.767 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.7969 GPIA | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 0.799 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.8621 GPIA | +7.9% |
| 2016 | 0.8832 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.892 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9227 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9191 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9314 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9538 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.9724 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9711 GPIA | -0.1% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 0.9711 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.11 GPIA, 87% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 0.9711 GPIA is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.09 GPIA, 89% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender in Vietnam 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +65.3% | 0.4655 GPIA | 0.7695 GPIA |
| 1989 | +54.8% | 0.3007 GPIA | 0.4655 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3007 GPIA | 0.3007 GPIA | 0.3007 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.4655 GPIA | 0.4655 GPIA | 0.4655 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7695 GPIA | 0.7695 GPIA | 0.7695 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.8355 GPIA | 0.7509 GPIA | 0.9227 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9572 GPIA | 0.9314 GPIA | 0.9724 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
- 81 Luxembourg 0.9842 GPIA compare
- 82 Netherlands 0.9827 GPIA compare
- 83 Macao 0.9733 GPIA compare
- 85 Azerbaijan 0.959 GPIA compare
- 86 Peru 0.9518 GPIA compare
- 87 Chile 0.9498 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 short-cycle tertiary education in Vietnam?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Vietnam was 0.9711 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9724 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3007 GPIA in 1979.
- How does Vietnam rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Vietnam ranks 84th out of 127 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. 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 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