Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Cambodia
Cambodia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 6.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Cambodia, 1996–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Cambodia recorded 6.9% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023.
The figure is down 19.4% on the previous year and up 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Cambodia peaked at 9.3% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 1996.
Cambodia ranks 102nd of 111 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.6% | 1.1% | 2.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.8% | 4.6% | 7.5% | 4 |
| 2010s | 7.7% | 6.0% | 9.3% | 4 |
| 2020s | 6.9% | 5.4% | 8.6% | 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 6.9% 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 9.3% in 2017.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 1996.
- How does Cambodia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Cambodia ranks 102nd out of 111 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 14.0%. 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, rural, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release