Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Cambodia
Cambodia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.608 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Cambodia, 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Cambodia is 0.608 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 15.0% on the previous year and up 50.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Cambodia peaked at 0.608 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2845 GPIA, in 1997.
That places Cambodia 121st out of 137 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2845 GPIA | 0.2845 GPIA | 0.2845 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.3478 GPIA | 0.3321 GPIA | 0.3699 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.4291 GPIA | 0.3027 GPIA | 0.5055 GPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.5606 GPIA | 0.5285 GPIA | 0.608 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
More education data for Cambodia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 46,016 (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 64.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 29.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 108.97 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 109.0% (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 0.608 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 0.608 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2845 GPIA in 1997.
- How does Cambodia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Cambodia ranks 121st out of 137 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 50.8%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release