School age population, early childhood educational development in Thailand
Thailand: School age population, early childhood educational development was 1.36 million in 2025. βΌ Falling
School age population, early childhood educational development in Thailand, 1998β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 1.36 million for school age population, early childhood educational development in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood educational development in Thailand peaked at 2.01 million in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1.36 million, in 2025.
Thailand ranks 21st of 104 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.99 million | 1.98 million | 2.00 million | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.91 million | 1.84 million | 2.01 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.54 million | 1.48 million | 1.75 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.41 million | 1.36 million | 1.46 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More education data for Thailand
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 305,368 (2025)
- 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 69.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 100.73 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, early childhood educational development in Thailand?
- School age population, early childhood educational development in Thailand was 1.36 million in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 2.01 million in 2007.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.36 million in 2025.
- How does Thailand rank for school age population, early childhood educational development?
- Thailand ranks 21st out of 104 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, early childhood educational development rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Thailand data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release