Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 1.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.0%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
27th
of 72 countries
All-time high
1.1%
in 2008
All-time low
0.2%
in 2016
Years of data
13
2005–2024
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Viet Nam, 2005–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Viet Nam recorded 1.0% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2024.
The figure is up 245.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Viet Nam peaked at 1.1% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2016.
That places Viet Nam 27th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.9% | — |
| 2007 | 0.8% | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | +26.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | -25.2% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | -9.8% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | +25.5% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | -29.9% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -54.1% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | -28.4% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | +382.9% |
| 2022 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 5 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
- 24 British Virgin Islands 1.1% compare
- 25 Brunei Darussalam 1.1% compare
- 26 Costa Rica 1.0% compare
- 27 China 1.0% compare
- 27 Madagascar 1.0% compare
- 27 Thailand 1.0% compare
- 27 Uzbekistan 1.0% compare
More education data for Viet Nam
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.61 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.53 % change on previous year (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 380,535 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.3544 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.60 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.9252 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 5.01 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.09 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Viet Nam?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Viet Nam was 1.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1% in 2008.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2016.
- How does Viet Nam rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Viet Nam ranks 27th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 245.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Viet Nam data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from programmes in unspecified fields, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release