Thailand - Primary education

Primary education, duration (years)

Primary education, duration (years) in Thailand was 6.00 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 7.00 in 1978, while its lowest value was 6.00 in 1979.

Definition: Primary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in primary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 7.00
1971 7.00
1972 7.00
1973 7.00
1974 7.00
1975 7.00
1976 7.00
1977 7.00
1978 7.00
1979 6.00
1980 6.00
1981 6.00
1982 6.00
1983 6.00
1984 6.00
1985 6.00
1986 6.00
1987 6.00
1988 6.00
1989 6.00
1990 6.00
1991 6.00
1992 6.00
1993 6.00
1994 6.00
1995 6.00
1996 6.00
1997 6.00
1998 6.00
1999 6.00
2000 6.00
2001 6.00
2002 6.00
2003 6.00
2004 6.00
2005 6.00
2006 6.00
2007 6.00
2008 6.00
2009 6.00
2010 6.00
2011 6.00
2012 6.00
2013 6.00
2014 6.00
2015 6.00
2016 6.00
2017 6.00
2018 6.00
2019 6.00
2020 6.00
2021 6.00

Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in Thailand was 4,886,781 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,449,219 in 1982 and a minimum value of 4,886,781 in 2020.

Definition: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 5,634,782
1972 5,921,149
1973 6,151,354
1974 6,385,468
1975 6,543,164
1976 6,686,477
1977 6,810,747
1978 6,955,623
1979 6,848,121
1980 7,243,764
1981 7,392,563
1982 7,449,219
1983 7,398,184
1984 7,272,153
1985 7,229,064
1986 7,150,489
1987 7,160,494
1988 7,086,116
1989 7,008,584
1990 6,992,232
1991 6,956,717
1992 6,906,935
1993 6,758,091
1994 6,569,856
1995 6,291,945
1996 5,961,855
1997 5,909,618
1998 5,930,829
1999 6,120,400
2000 6,100,647
2001 6,023,714
2002 6,056,420
2004 6,054,517
2005 5,974,615
2006 5,843,512
2007 5,703,756
2008 5,564,622
2009 5,370,546
2010 5,146,535
2011 5,044,242
2012 5,005,432
2013 4,954,620
2014 5,182,351
2015 5,081,079
2016 5,063,489
2017 4,952,685
2018 4,900,785
2019 4,899,076
2020 4,886,781

Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Thailand was 48.52 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 49.02 in 2014, while its lowest value was 46.81 in 1971.

Definition: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 46.81
1972 46.92
1973 47.01
1974 47.04
1975 47.20
1976 47.29
1977 47.45
1978 47.54
1981 48.20
1991 48.56
1992 48.60
1993 48.51
1998 48.51
1999 48.26
2000 48.29
2001 48.39
2002 48.35
2004 48.39
2005 48.14
2006 48.41
2007 48.36
2008 48.36
2009 48.41
2010 48.36
2011 48.36
2012 48.34
2013 48.36
2014 49.02
2015 47.13
2016 48.66
2017 48.53
2018 48.52

Primary education, teachers

The value for Primary education, teachers in Thailand was 412,997 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 412,997 in 2020 and a minimum value of 162,512 in 1971.

Definition: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 162,512
1974 212,114
1975 217,015
1976 239,128
1977 225,387
1978 240,844
1983 357,800
1984 367,483
1985 371,341
1987 356,844
1988 349,210
1989 346,364
1990 345,016
1991 314,684
1992 343,063
1993 341,122
1994 320,124
1996 316,566
1998 316,645
1999 297,588
2000 293,391
2001 315,565
2002 326,272
2006 319,916
2007 321,930
2008 347,959
2010 316,552
2011 319,568
2012 307,446
2014 336,676
2015 300,968
2016 303,969
2017 293,265
2019 378,131
2020 412,997

Primary education, teachers (% female)

Primary education, teachers (% female) in Thailand was 68.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 73.42 in 2015, while its lowest value was 34.61 in 1974.

Definition: Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1974 34.61
1977 44.80
1978 45.92
1999 63.39
2000 63.65
2002 57.91
2006 59.74
2007 59.68
2008 59.98
2010 59.15
2011 59.19
2012 59.68
2015 73.42
2016 71.33
2017 71.58
2019 71.56
2020 68.80

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes