Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Thailand
Thailand: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9959 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Thailand, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Thailand stood at 0.9959 GPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Thailand peaked at 0.9959 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.4593 GPIA, in 1970.
Thailand ranks 49th of 137 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Thailand, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.4593 GPIA | — |
| 1980 | 0.616 GPIA | +34.1% |
| 2000 | 0.9132 GPIA | +48.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9003 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 0.885 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.8799 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9062 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9231 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9291 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9365 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.9519 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9711 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9592 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9915 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9884 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9959 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.9752 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9907 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 0.9959 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4593 GPIA | 0.4593 GPIA | 0.4593 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.616 GPIA | 0.616 GPIA | 0.616 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8946 GPIA | 0.8799 GPIA | 0.9132 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9461 GPIA | 0.9062 GPIA | 0.9915 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9892 GPIA | 0.9752 GPIA | 0.9959 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 46 Brunei Darussalam 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Norway 0.9965 GPIA compare
- 48 Russian Federation 0.9959 GPIA compare
- 50 Italy 0.9945 GPIA compare
- 51 Kazakhstan 0.9927 GPIA compare
- 52 Georgia 0.9909 GPIA 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 0.9959 GPIA 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 0.9959 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4593 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Thailand rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Thailand ranks 49th out of 137 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 7.2%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release