Education in Thailand

161 indicators covering education for Thailand.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 98.7% 2017 28th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 1,154 2024 down 34.2% 55th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 2,146 2024 down 9.4% 41st
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 4,093 2024 down 34.5% 35th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 6,184 2024 down 11.2% 32nd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 96.8% 2018 up 1.7% 139th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 97.1% 2018 up 0.3% 136th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.4% 2100 down 24.8% 91st
Number of adults with no formal education by region 181,300 people 2100 down 31.0% 57th
Population by level of education 26.22 million people 2100 down 0.5% 28th
Repeaters, primary, female 0.8% 2018 120th
Repeaters, primary, male 1.9% 2018 104th
School enrollment, secondary, private 11.9% 2020 down 23.7% 97th
School enrollment, primary 98.1% 2009 27th
Trained teachers in primary education 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Over-age students, primary 1.1% 2009 166th
Secondary education, teachers 65.6% 2025 down 3.5% 61st
School enrollment, primary, female 97.9% 2009 22nd
School enrollment, primary, male 98.3% 2009 14th
Over-age students, primary, male 1.4% 2009 162nd
Over-age students, primary, female 0.8% 2009 168th
Compulsory education, duration 9 years 2025 unchanged 115th
Progression to secondary school 98.5% 2017 63rd
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 98.1% 2009 55th
Trained teachers in primary education, female 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Trained teachers in primary education, male 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Primary education, pupils 48.5% 2018 up 0.3% 107th
Tertiary education, academic staff 56.3% 2024 down 7.3% 17th
Persistence to grade 5, female 99.9% 2017 10th
Persistence to grade 5, male 97.6% 2017 36th
School enrollment, secondary 77.3% 2015 up 11.0% 89th
Preprimary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 61st
Progression to secondary school, male 97.8% 2017 71st
School enrollment, secondary, female 77.5% 2015 up 6.5% 89th
School enrollment, secondary, male 77.0% 2015 up 15.9% 86th
Progression to secondary school, female 99.3% 2017 43rd
Expenditure on tertiary education 15.6% 2013 down 24.5% 111th
Literacy rate, youth female 98.4% 2022 down 0.2% 49th
Children out of school, primary 36,067 2025 down 76.9% 74th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 97.9% 2009 36th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 98.3% 2009 25th
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 1 GPI 2022 down 1.0% 24th
Literacy rate, youth male 97.9% 2022 down 0.0% 47th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 16.64 2018 up 4.0% 121st
Literacy rate, youth total 98.2% 2022 down 0.1% 47th
Expenditure on secondary education 29.8% 2013 up 24.3% 94th
Expenditure on primary education 41.1% 2013 up 32.7% 41st
Secondary education, pupils 48.2% 2018 down 5.5% 141st
Children out of school, primary, female 27,087 2025 70th
Children out of school, primary, male 8,980 2025 103rd
Literacy rate, adult total 91.1% 2022 down 2.8% 46th
Literacy rate, adult male 90.7% 2022 down 4.8% 51st
Trained teachers in preprimary education 100.0% 2025 1st
Trained teachers in secondary education 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Adolescents out of school 1.0% 2025 down 90.2% 151st
Current education expenditure, total 94.3% 2014 48th
Current education expenditure, primary 99.9% 2014 up 2.6% 16th
Current education expenditure, secondary 97.7% 2014 30th
Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 100.0% 2025 1st
Trained teachers in secondary education, female 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st