Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Thailand
Thailand: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.6507 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Thailand, 2007–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 0.6507 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Thailand peaked at 0.6507 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3714 LPIA, in 2007.
Thailand ranks 56th of 105 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 upper secondary education or in Thailand, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.3714 LPIA | — |
| 2010 | 0.4345 LPIA | +17.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4737 LPIA | +9.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4946 LPIA | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 0.5149 LPIA | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 0.5406 LPIA | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 0.5434 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.5678 LPIA | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 0.5803 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 0.5853 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.6075 LPIA | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 0.6254 LPIA | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 0.6366 LPIA | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 0.6507 LPIA | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3714 LPIA | 0.3714 LPIA | 0.3714 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.5187 LPIA | 0.4345 LPIA | 0.5803 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.6211 LPIA | 0.5853 LPIA | 0.6507 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More education data for Thailand
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 305,368 (2025)
- 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 69.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 100.73 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Thailand?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Thailand was 0.6507 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6507 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3714 LPIA in 2007.
- How does Thailand rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Thailand ranks 56th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.6%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release