Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Thailand
Thailand: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 107.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total 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, total in Thailand stood at 107.1%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Thailand peaked at 107.1% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 37.0%, in 1975.
Thailand ranks 12th 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, total (% of relevant age group) in Thailand, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 37.0% | — |
| 1976 | 38.9% | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 39.1% | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 40.5% | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 74.3% | +83.6% |
| 1999 | 88.6% | +19.3% |
| 2000 | 85.7% | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 87.1% | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 96.5% | +10.8% |
| 2018 | 97.3% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 99.1% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 100.6% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 101.0% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 104.9% | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 102.1% | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 102.6% | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 107.1% | +4.4% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 107.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 96.5%, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 107.1% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 95.1%, 1.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Thailand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +83.6% | 40.5% | 74.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 38.9% | 37.0% | 40.5% | 4 |
| 1980s | 74.3% | 74.3% | 74.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 88.6% | 88.6% | 88.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 86.4% | 85.7% | 87.1% | 2 |
| 2010s | 97.6% | 96.5% | 99.1% | 3 |
| 2020s | 103.0% | 100.6% | 107.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 9 Tonga 108.1% compare
- 10 Moldova 108.1% compare
- 11 Albania 107.3% compare
- 13 Montenegro 106.7% compare
- 14 Cayman Islands 106.5% compare
- 15 Costa Rica 106.4% compare
More aid effectiveness data for Thailand
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 1.37 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium 33,821 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 1.00 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions 4.93 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland 1.41 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany 15.98 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France 16.57 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom 4.14 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy 443,060 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan -135.62 million current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Thailand?
- Primary completion rate, total in Thailand was 107.1% in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 107.1% in 2025.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.0% in 1975.
- How does Thailand rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Thailand ranks 12th out of 189 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. 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, total (% 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.