What is lower secondary school starting age in Vietnam?

Lower secondary school starting age in Vietnam was 11 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

What is the highest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Vietnam?

The highest recorded value was 11 years in 1970.

What is the lowest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Vietnam?

The lowest recorded value was 11 years in 1970.

How does Vietnam rank for lower secondary school starting age?

Vietnam ranks 144th out of 209 countries with data for 2025.

Is lower secondary school starting age rising or falling in Vietnam?

Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Vietnam data come from?

The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary school starting age (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Lower secondary school starting age in Vietnam

Name: Lower secondary school starting age in Vietnam
Creator: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Vietnam: Lower secondary school starting age was 11 years in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)

11 years

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

144th

of 209 countries

All-time high

11 years

in 1970

All-time low

11 years

in 1970

Years of data

1970–2025

Lower secondary school starting age in Vietnam, 1970–2025

Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2025, lower secondary school starting age in Vietnam stood at 11 years. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, lower secondary school starting age in Vietnam peaked at 11 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 11 years, in 1970.

That places Vietnam 144th out of 209 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	11 years	11 years	11 years	10
1980s	11 years	11 years	11 years	10
1990s	11 years	11 years	11 years	10
2000s	11 years	11 years	11 years	10
2010s	11 years	11 years	11 years	10
2020s	11 years	11 years	11 years	6

Countries ranked near Vietnam

144 Albania 11 years compare
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144 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11 years compare
144 Brazil 11 years compare
144 Bulgaria 11 years compare
144 Cayman Islands 11 years compare
144 Colombia 11 years compare
144 Comoros 11 years compare
144 Croatia 11 years compare
144 Czechia 11 years compare
144 Djibouti 11 years compare
144 Eritrea 11 years compare
144 France 11 years compare
144 French Polynesia 11 years compare
144 Gabon 11 years compare
144 Gibraltar 11 years compare
144 Hungary 11 years compare
144 India 11 years compare
144 Italy 11 years compare
144 Kuwait 11 years compare
144 Kyrgyzstan 11 years compare
144 Laos 11 years compare
144 Lithuania 11 years compare
144 Madagascar 11 years compare
144 Malta 11 years compare
144 Mauritius 11 years compare
144 Moldova 11 years compare
144 Monaco 11 years compare
144 Mongolia 11 years compare
144 Montenegro 11 years compare
144 New Caledonia 11 years compare
144 New Zealand 11 years compare
144 North Macedonia 11 years compare
144 Poland 11 years compare
144 Romania 11 years compare
144 Russia 11 years compare
144 Samoa 11 years compare
144 San Marino 11 years compare
144 Serbia 11 years compare
144 Tajikistan 11 years compare
144 United Kingdom 11 years compare
144 Uzbekistan 11 years compare

See the full ranking of 209 places →

More education data for Vietnam

Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Population ages 0-14 22.9% (2025)
Population ages 15-64 67.6% (2025)
School enrollment, primary 106.3% (2024)
Primary education, teachers 380,535 (2024)
School enrollment, primary, female 104.1% (2024)
School enrollment, primary, male 108.4% (2024)
Labor force, female 48.8% (2025)
Labor force, total 57.04 million (2025)
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.02 GPI (2021)

All data for Vietnam →

Frequently asked questions

What is lower secondary school starting age in Vietnam?: Lower secondary school starting age in Vietnam was 11 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
What is the highest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Vietnam?: The highest recorded value was 11 years in 1970.
What is the lowest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Vietnam?: The lowest recorded value was 11 years in 1970.
How does Vietnam rank for lower secondary school starting age?: Vietnam ranks 144th out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
Is lower secondary school starting age rising or falling in Vietnam?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Vietnam data come from?: The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary school starting age (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Lower secondary school starting age (years)
Unit: years
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 209 places, 11,411 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Lower secondary school starting age is the age at which students would enter lower secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.