Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.4819 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
Viet Nam recorded 0.4819 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 36.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Viet Nam peaked at 0.4819 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.3119 LPIA, in 2010.
That places Viet Nam 71st out of 103 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 | 0.3187 LPIA | — |
| 2010 | 0.3119 LPIA | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 0.3286 LPIA | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 0.3405 LPIA | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 0.3522 LPIA | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 0.3531 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.3701 LPIA | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 0.3713 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.3981 LPIA | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 0.4126 LPIA | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 0.4359 LPIA | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 0.4526 LPIA | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 0.4519 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.4575 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.4819 LPIA | +5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3187 LPIA | 0.3187 LPIA | 0.3187 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.3674 LPIA | 0.3119 LPIA | 0.4359 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.461 LPIA | 0.4519 LPIA | 0.4819 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 0.4819 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 0.4819 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3119 LPIA in 2010.
- How does Viet Nam rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Viet Nam ranks 71st out of 103 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 36.8%. 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, 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