Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Thailand
Thailand: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.6607 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Thailand, 2010–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Thailand is 0.6607 LPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 36.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Thailand peaked at 0.6607 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4198 LPIA, in 2010.
That places Thailand 56th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Thailand, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.4198 LPIA | — |
| 2013 | 0.4704 LPIA | +12.1% |
| 2014 | 0.4838 LPIA | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 0.5047 LPIA | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5337 LPIA | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 0.5417 LPIA | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.5674 LPIA | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 0.589 LPIA | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 0.5814 LPIA | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.6045 LPIA | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 0.6323 LPIA | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 0.6466 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 0.6607 LPIA | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.5138 LPIA | 0.4198 LPIA | 0.589 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.6251 LPIA | 0.5814 LPIA | 0.6607 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 53 Chile 0.6699 LPIA compare
- 54 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6694 LPIA compare
- 55 Portugal 0.6628 LPIA compare
- 57 Dominican Republic 0.6562 LPIA compare
- 58 Philippines 0.6445 LPIA compare
- 59 Romania 0.6366 LPIA compare
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 0.6607 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 0.6607 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4198 LPIA in 2010.
- How does Thailand rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Thailand ranks 56th out of 103 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 36.6%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release