School age population, upper secondary education, male in Thailand
Thailand: School age population, upper secondary education, male was 1.34 million number in 2020. ▲ Rising
Latest (2020)
1.34 million number
Change on year
down 2.0%
World rank
24th
of 205 countries
All-time high
1.89 million number
in 1989
All-time low
693,808 number
in 1970
Years of data
51
1970–2020
School age population, upper secondary education, male in Thailand, 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, upper secondary education, male in Thailand is 1.34 million number, measured in 2020.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, upper secondary education, male in Thailand peaked at 1.89 million number in 1989 and was at its lowest, 693,808 number, in 1970.
Thailand ranks 24th of 205 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
School age population, upper secondary education, male in Thailand, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 693,808 number | — |
| 1971 | 720,068 number | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 752,876 number | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 788,482 number | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 824,707 number | +4.6% |
| 1975 | 860,243 number | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 894,469 number | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 928,959 number | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 962,131 number | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 1.51 million number | +57.2% |
| 1980 | 1.56 million number | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 1.60 million number | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 1.65 million number | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 1.71 million number | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 1.76 million number | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 1.81 million number | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 1.86 million number | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 1.87 million number | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 1.89 million number | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 1.89 million number | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 1.89 million number | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 1.88 million number | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 1.87 million number | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 1.85 million number | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 1.83 million number | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 1.82 million number | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 1.80 million number | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 1.76 million number | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 1.72 million number | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 1.70 million number | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 1.68 million number | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 1.67 million number | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 1.64 million number | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 1.61 million number | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 1.58 million number | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 1.56 million number | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 1.54 million number | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 1.53 million number | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 1.52 million number | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 1.51 million number | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 1.50 million number | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 1.49 million number | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 1.48 million number | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 1.47 million number | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 1.48 million number | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.47 million number | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.47 million number | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 1.44 million number | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 1.40 million number | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 1.37 million number | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 1.34 million number | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 893,787 number | 693,808 number | 1.51 million number | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.76 million number | 1.56 million number | 1.89 million number | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.81 million number | 1.70 million number | 1.89 million number | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.59 million number | 1.51 million number | 1.68 million number | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.46 million number | 1.37 million number | 1.50 million number | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.34 million number | 1.34 million number | 1.34 million number | 1 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More education data for Thailand
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, upper secondary education, male in Thailand?
- School age population, upper secondary education, male in Thailand was 1.34 million number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, upper secondary education, male recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.89 million number in 1989.
- What is the lowest school age population, upper secondary education, male recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 693,808 number in 1970.
- How does Thailand rank for school age population, upper secondary education, male?
- Thailand ranks 24th out of 205 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, upper secondary education, male rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, upper secondary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to upper secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.