Primary completion rate, female in Thailand
Thailand: Primary completion rate, female was 106.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, female in Thailand, 1975–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2025, primary completion rate, female in Thailand stood at 106.2%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, female in Thailand peaked at 106.2% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 32.9%, in 1975.
Thailand ranks 17th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, female in Thailand, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 32.9% | — |
| 1976 | 35.1% | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 35.7% | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 37.3% | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 73.3% | +96.2% |
| 1999 | 87.2% | +19.0% |
| 2000 | 85.8% | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 87.2% | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 96.7% | +11.0% |
| 2018 | 97.4% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 98.6% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 100.4% | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 100.5% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 104.7% | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 100.9% | -3.6% |
| 2024 | 100.3% | -0.6% |
| 2025 | 106.2% | +5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 35.3% | 32.9% | 37.3% | 4 |
| 1980s | 73.3% | 73.3% | 73.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 87.2% | 87.2% | 87.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 86.5% | 85.8% | 87.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 97.6% | 96.7% | 98.6% | 3 |
| 2020s | 102.2% | 100.3% | 106.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More education data for Thailand
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 208,533 (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 96,835 (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.23 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 7.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 940,155 (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 7.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, female in Thailand?
- Primary completion rate, female in Thailand was 106.2% in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, female recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 106.2% in 2025.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, female recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.9% in 1975.
- How does Thailand rank for primary completion rate, female?
- Thailand ranks 17th out of 189 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary completion rate, female rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. 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 Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.