Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender in Cambodia
Cambodia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender was 0.5389 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Cambodia, 1996–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Cambodia recorded 0.5389 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.6% on the previous year and up 94.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Cambodia peaked at 0.5389 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1753 GPIA, in 2015.
That places Cambodia 91st out of 107 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender in Cambodia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.2092 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.3166 GPIA | +51.3% |
| 2001 | 0.3436 GPIA | +8.5% |
| 2007 | 0.2251 GPIA | -34.5% |
| 2009 | 0.2246 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2772 GPIA | +23.4% |
| 2015 | 0.1753 GPIA | -36.8% |
| 2017 | 0.4763 GPIA | +171.7% |
| 2019 | 0.2769 GPIA | -41.9% |
| 2020 | 0.5138 GPIA | +85.6% |
| 2021 | 0.5053 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 0.5389 GPIA | +6.6% |
Cambodia compared with similar countries
- Cambodia's 0.5389 GPIA is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.7558 GPIA, 71% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Cambodia's 0.5389 GPIA is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9584 GPIA, 56% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2092 GPIA | 0.2092 GPIA | 0.2092 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.2775 GPIA | 0.2246 GPIA | 0.3436 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.3014 GPIA | 0.1753 GPIA | 0.4763 GPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.5193 GPIA | 0.5053 GPIA | 0.5389 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
More education data for Cambodia
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 95.4 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 96.31 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 107,312 (2021)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 124,310 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 199,569 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 201,390 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.17 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.27 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 3.07 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Cambodia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Cambodia was 0.5389 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5389 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1753 GPIA in 2015.
- How does Cambodia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Cambodia ranks 91st out of 107 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 94.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cambodia 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, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release