Secondary education, pupils in Thailand
Thailand: Secondary education, pupils was 4.26 million in 2025. ▲ Rising
Secondary education, pupils in Thailand, 1971–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Analysis
Thailand recorded 4.26 million for secondary education, pupils in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 37.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, secondary education, pupils in Thailand peaked at 6.79 million in 2014 and was at its lowest, 695,023, in 1971.
Thailand ranks 29th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.11 million | 695,023 | 1.74 million | 9 |
| 1980s | 2.09 million | 1.81 million | 2.25 million | 9 |
| 1990s | 3.08 million | 2.12 million | 4.10 million | 9 |
| 2000s | 4.48 million | 4.07 million | 4.79 million | 8 |
| 2010s | 5.18 million | 4.17 million | 6.79 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.26 million | 4.13 million | 4.42 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More education data for Thailand
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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)
- School enrollment, primary 100.7% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 305,368 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.2 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is secondary education, pupils in Thailand?
- Secondary education, pupils in Thailand was 4.26 million in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest secondary education, pupils recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 6.79 million in 2014.
- What is the lowest secondary education, pupils recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 695,023 in 1971.
- How does Thailand rank for secondary education, pupils?
- Thailand ranks 29th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is secondary education, pupils rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.0%. 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 Secondary education, pupils. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.