Education in Vietnam 135 indicators covering education for Vietnam. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 unchanged 144th Population ages 15-64 67.6% 2025 down 2.7% 53rd Population ages 0-14 22.9% 2025 down 4.7% 108th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 106.3% 2024 up 3.2% 52nd Primary education, teachers 380,535 2024 down 1.7% 14th School enrollment, primary, female 104.1% 2024 up 2.2% 61st School enrollment, primary, male 108.4% 2024 up 4.0% 46th Labor force, total 57.04 million 2025 up 4.4% 12th Labor force, female 48.8% 2025 down 0.6% 23rd School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2021 up 6.2% 24th School enrollment, secondary 93.4% 2022 up 4.4% 89th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 3.2 per 1,000 2024 down 15.8% 128th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2.6 per 1,000 2024 down 18.8% 123rd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.6 per 1,000 2024 down 11.1% 92nd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1 per 1,000 2024 down 37.5% 115th Secondary education, teachers 456,146 2022 — 18th School enrollment, secondary, female 90.5% 2022 up 8.0% 113th School enrollment, secondary, male 96.2% 2022 up 1.4% 75th School enrollment, tertiary 37.6% 2024 up 20.0% 106th School enrollment, primary, private 1.5% 2021 up 193.1% 183rd School enrollment, preprimary 92.4% 2021 up 24.0% 51st School enrollment, tertiary, female 40.9% 2024 up 28.7% 107th School enrollment, tertiary, male 34.3% 2024 up 11.1% 96th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.16 GPI 2024 up 12.9% 110th Primary completion rate, female 98.7% 2024 up 0.3% 52nd Primary completion rate, male 102.4% 2024 up 5.8% 24th Government expenditure on education, total 2.9% 2022 down 34.5% 152nd Secondary education, general pupils 7.88 million 2018 down 11.7% 12th Lower secondary completion rate, total 95.2% 2024 up 2.0% 62nd School enrollment, preprimary, female 93.9% 2021 up 30.4% 40th School enrollment, preprimary, male 91.2% 2021 up 18.5% 53rd Persistence to last grade of primary, total 96.0% 2014 up 12.7% 63rd Government expenditure on education, total 15.4% 2022 down 17.8% 59th Secondary education, general pupils 50.3% 2018 up 1.0% 81st Lower secondary completion rate, female 94.1% 2024 up 3.5% 73rd Lower secondary completion rate, male 96.3% 2024 up 0.7% 50th Children out of school 1.7% 2024 up 424.7% 132nd Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Primary education, pupils 8.88 million 2024 up 19.4% 16th Primary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 154th Secondary education, pupils 9.61 million 2022 up 12.4% 14th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 98.1% 2014 up 15.9% 45th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 94.0% 2014 up 9.8% 70th Number of under-five deaths, male 14,840 2024 down 33.2% 37th Number of under-five deaths, female 9,245 2024 down 32.2% 43rd Number of infant deaths, male 9,632 2024 down 38.1% 41st Number of infant deaths, female 6,806 2024 down 35.7% 41st Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 115.3% 2018 up 6.0% 26th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 1.5% 2025 down 17.6% 176th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 1.4% 2025 down 20.2% 178th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 1.7% 2025 down 15.6% 170th Primary education, teachers 79.0% 2024 up 5.6% 92nd Repeaters, primary, total 0.8% 2018 down 45.6% 129th Persistence to grade 5, total 96.0% 2014 up 12.7% 58th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 2,760 2024 up 8.5% 34th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 3,769 2024 down 19.4% 39th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 1,512 2024 down 34.5% 47th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 4,149 2024 down 37.7% 43rd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 117.0% 2018 up 16.1% 22nd Page 1 of 3 Next →