Lower secondary completion rate, male in Thailand
Thailand: Lower secondary completion rate, male was 93.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Thailand, 1975–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lower secondary completion rate, male in Thailand is 93.1%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 14.1% on the previous year and up 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, male in Thailand peaked at 108.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 25.7%, in 1975.
That places Thailand 66th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Thailand, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 25.7% | — |
| 1976 | 27.7% | +7.7% |
| 1977 | 28.8% | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 29.2% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 79.5% | +172.7% |
| 2016 | 77.9% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 76.2% | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 77.9% | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 82.8% | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 83.7% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 86.8% | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 83.7% | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 87.3% | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 108.4% | +24.1% |
| 2025 | 93.1% | -14.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 27.8% | 25.7% | 29.2% | 4 |
| 2010s | 78.9% | 76.2% | 82.8% | 5 |
| 2020s | 90.5% | 83.7% | 108.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 63 Trinidad and Tobago 93.4% compare
- 64 Cayman Islands 93.3% compare
- 65 Serbia 93.2% compare
- 67 North Macedonia 93.0% compare
- 68 Latvia 92.9% compare
- 69 Barbados 92.8% compare
More education data for Thailand
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.26 million (2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -1.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 305,368 (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.8893 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.15 million (2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0232 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.11 million (2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -3.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.47 million (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -9.66 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, male in Thailand?
- Lower secondary completion rate, male in Thailand was 93.1% in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 108.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.7% in 1975.
- How does Thailand rank for lower secondary completion rate, male?
- Thailand ranks 66th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, male rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.