Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Thailand
Thailand: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender 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 … upper gender 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% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 0.9959 GPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9847 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 0.9959 GPIA is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9683 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Thailand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +48.2% | 0.616 GPIA | 0.9132 GPIA |
| 1980 | +34.1% | 0.4593 GPIA | 0.616 GPIA |
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
More education data for Thailand
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.74 (2025)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.18 (2025)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 243,991 (2025)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 13,596 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 758,147 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 716,498 (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.26 million (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.45 million (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.23 % change on previous year (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