Education · East Asia & Pacific · Upper-middle income
Thailand: education in numbers
Pre-primary enrolment is 74.4% (2022), 84th of 176 in the world and 16th of 30 in East Asia & Pacific. Primary enrolment is 100.7% (2025), 91st of 191 in the world and 15th of 30 in East Asia & Pacific. Primary completion is 107.1% (2025), 13th of 168 in the world and 4th of 26 in East Asia & Pacific.
Pre-primary enrolment
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Primary enrolment
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12 indicators
Education: Thailand in detail
Latest reported value, world rank and rank within East Asia & Pacific; values around 2000, 2010, 2020; group and world columns are World Bank aggregates.
| Indicator | Latest | World rank | In region | ~2000 | ~2010 | ~2020 | 10-year change | Region | Income group | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-primary enrolmentPre-primary enrolment, % gross | 74.4%2022 | 84/176 | 16/30 | · | 86.1%2012 | 75.2% | −11.8 ppsince 2012 | 83.2% | 77.9% | 60.9% | |
| Primary enrolmentPrimary school enrolment, % gross | 100.7%2025 | 91/191 | 15/30 | 96.6% | 89.2% | 103.9% | −2.6 ppsince 2015 | 100.0% | 100.7% | 102.2% | |
| Primary completionPrimary completion rate, % of age group | 107.1%2025 | 13/168 | 4/26 | 85.7% | · | 100.6% | +20.0 ppsince 2001 | 95.4% | 95.2% | 88.0% | |
| Secondary enrolmentSecondary school enrolment, % gross | 92.1%2025 | 91/176 | 16/26 | 64.0%2001 | 78.4% | 82.4% | −32.2 ppsince 2015 | 92.0% | 96.5% | 77.3% | |
| Lower secondary completionLower secondary completion rate, % of age group | 95.7%2025 | 56/168 | 13/26 | · | · | 87.8% | +14.6 ppsince 2015 | 97.3% | 93.0% | 77.9% | |
| Tertiary enrolmentTertiary enrolment, % gross | 49.1%2025 | 83/172 | 12/27 | 35.3% | 46.4% | 42.6% | +3.4 ppsince 2015 | 63.3% | 64.6% | 43.6% | |
| Out-of-school childrenChildren out of school, % of primary school age | 0.8%2025 | 140/178 | 24/29 | · | 7.3%2009 | 0.4% | −6.5 ppsince 2009 | — | 4.0% | — | |
| Adult literacyAdult literacy rate, % of people 15+ | 91.1%2022 | 81/141 | 18/23 | 92.7% | 96.4% | 91.3%2019 | −5.3 ppsince 2010 | 96.6% | 96.2% | 87.7% | |
| Youth literacyYouth literacy rate, % of people 15–24 | 98.2%2022 | 75/148 | 13/23 | 98.0% | 96.6% | 98.5%2019 | +1.6 ppsince 2010 | 99.1% | 99.3% | 93.1% | |
| Pupils per teacherPupils per teacher, primary | 16.62018 | 99/173 | 17/27 | 20.8 | 16.3 | 16.62018 | +4.0%since 2008 | 17.5 | 18.4 | 23.4 | |
| Education spendingPublic spending on education, % of GDP | 2.5%2023 | 157/184 | 24/29 | 5.3% | 3.5% | 3.2% | −1.6 ppsince 2013 | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.6% | |
| Education, % of budgetEducation spending, % of government expenditure | 12.6%2025 | 93/179 | 15/28 | 28.4% | 16.2% | 15.4% | −8.0 ppsince 2015 | 13.0% | 15.1% | 14.0% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)“·” — no value reported within two years of that date. World rank counts countries with a recent value.
Better than ten years ago
- Primary completion+20.0 pp107.1% in 2025
- Lower secondary completion+14.6 pp95.7% in 2025
- Tertiary enrolment+3.4 pp49.1% in 2025
- Out-of-school children−6.5 pp0.8% in 2025
Worse than ten years ago
- Pre-primary enrolment−11.8 pp74.4% in 2022
- Secondary enrolment−32.2 pp92.1% in 2025
- Adult literacy−5.3 pp91.1% in 2022
- Pupils per teacher+4.0%16.6 in 2018
Only indicators where higher or lower is clearly better are rated (for example, unemployment down is better, life expectancy up is better).
neighbours
Thailand and its neighbours
Countries sharing a land border with Thailand. Latest values since 2005; the highest in each row is marked.
| Indicator | Thailand | Myanmar | Malaysia | Cambodia | Laos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-primary enrolment | 74.4%2022 | 8.5%2018 | 87.5%2021 | 33.6%2021 | 49.3%2021 |
| Primary enrolment | 100.7%2025 | 120.2%2018 | 90.4%2024 | 109.0%2024 | 93.1%2025 |
| Primary completion | 107.1%2025 | 105.4%2018 | 87.7%2024 | 91.0%2024 | 85.2%2025 |
| Secondary enrolment | 92.1%2025 | 77.0%2018 | 80.3%2024 | 58.8%2024 | 50.5%2025 |
| Lower secondary completion | 95.7%2025 | 73.8%2018 | 81.5%2024 | 61.6%2024 | 49.3%2025 |
| Tertiary enrolment | 49.1%2025 | 20.4%2018 | 38.5%2024 | 21.4%2024 | 14.9%2023 |
| Out-of-school children | 0.8%2025 | 1.4%2010 | 12.0%2024 | 3.7%2024 | 10.4%2025 |
| Adult literacy | 91.1%2022 | 93.5%2020 | 95.8%2022 | 71.9%2021 | 75.6%2023 |
| Youth literacy | 98.2%2022 | 96.4%2020 | 98.8%2022 | 96.6%2023 | 90.4%2023 |