Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.5203 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Viet Nam, 2009–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Viet Nam is 0.5203 LPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.2% on the previous year and up 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Viet Nam peaked at 0.5203 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.3562 LPIA, in 2010.
Viet Nam ranks 69th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0.3719 LPIA | — |
| 2010 | 0.3562 LPIA | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 0.3708 LPIA | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 0.3882 LPIA | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 0.3967 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.3991 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.4045 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.4068 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.4324 LPIA | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 0.4454 LPIA | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4715 LPIA | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 0.4951 LPIA | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4898 LPIA | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 0.49 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.5203 LPIA | +6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3719 LPIA | 0.3719 LPIA | 0.3719 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.4072 LPIA | 0.3562 LPIA | 0.4715 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4988 LPIA | 0.4898 LPIA | 0.5203 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
More education data for Viet Nam
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 380,535 (2024)
- 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 67.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 106.33 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 106.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Viet Nam?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Viet Nam was 0.5203 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5203 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3562 LPIA in 2010.
- How does Viet Nam rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Viet Nam ranks 69th out of 105 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Viet Nam 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