Vietnam - Primary education

Primary education, duration (years)

Primary education, duration (years) in Vietnam was 5.00 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 5.00 in 2021, while its lowest value was 5.00 in 1970.

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 5.00
1971 5.00
1972 5.00
1973 5.00
1974 5.00
1975 5.00
1976 5.00
1977 5.00
1978 5.00
1979 5.00
1980 5.00
1981 5.00
1982 5.00
1983 5.00
1984 5.00
1985 5.00
1986 5.00
1987 5.00
1988 5.00
1989 5.00
1990 5.00
1991 5.00
1992 5.00
1993 5.00
1994 5.00
1995 5.00
1996 5.00
1997 5.00
1998 5.00
1999 5.00
2000 5.00
2001 5.00
2002 5.00
2003 5.00
2004 5.00
2005 5.00
2006 5.00
2007 5.00
2008 5.00
2009 5.00
2010 5.00
2011 5.00
2012 5.00
2013 5.00
2014 5.00
2015 5.00
2016 5.00
2017 5.00
2018 5.00
2019 5.00
2020 5.00
2021 5.00

Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in Vietnam was 8,718,356 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,435,510 in 1998 and a minimum value of 6,745,016 in 2009.

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
1976 7,403,715
1977 7,722,524
1978 7,784,587
1979 7,337,436
1980 7,923,495
1981 7,887,439
1983 7,884,202
1984 7,993,019
1985 8,005,981
1986 8,125,836
1987 8,484,685
1988 8,666,252
1989 8,663,481
1990 8,583,052
1991 8,862,292
1992 9,090,800
1993 9,527,200
1994 9,782,900
1995 10,047,560
1996 10,228,800
1997 10,431,300
1998 10,435,510
1999 10,250,210
2000 10,063,030
2001 9,751,434
2002 9,336,913
2003 8,841,004
2004 8,350,191
2005 7,773,484
2006 7,317,813
2007 7,041,312
2008 6,871,795
2009 6,745,016
2010 6,922,624
2011 7,048,493
2012 7,100,950
2013 7,202,767
2014 7,434,848
2015 7,543,632
2016 7,790,009
2017 7,801,560
2018 8,041,842
2019 8,506,562
2020 8,718,356

Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Vietnam was 47.84 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 49.71 in 1977, while its lowest value was 46.80 in 1978.

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
1976 49.31
1977 49.71
1978 46.80
1979 47.96
1980 47.75
1981 47.33
1985 47.85
1986 47.56
1991 48.85
1995 48.72
1998 47.74
1999 47.24
2000 47.71
2001 47.65
2002 47.52
2003 47.49
2004 47.32
2005 47.48
2006 47.91
2007 47.80
2009 47.93
2010 47.26
2011 47.35
2012 48.55
2013 47.74
2014 47.93
2015 47.87
2016 47.95
2017 47.85
2018 47.84

Primary education, teachers

The value for Primary education, teachers in Vietnam was 377,876 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 397,098 in 2017 and a minimum value of 204,104 in 1981.

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
1976 204,998
1977 217,064
1978 227,984
1979 211,970
1980 217,493
1981 204,104
1985 226,836
1986 235,791
1987 242,388
1988 247,856
1989 251,127
1990 251,052
1991 252,413
1992 259,000
1993 267,800
1994 278,000
1995 288,173
1996 298,856
1997 311,500
1998 324,545
1999 336,792
2000 340,871
2001 347,833
2002 354,624
2003 358,606
2004 362,627
2005 360,624
2006 353,608
2007 344,547
2008 344,853
2009 345,505
2010 347,840
2011 359,039
2012 366,045
2013 381,432
2014 386,953
2015 392,403
2016 396,843
2017 397,098
2018 396,600
2019 390,754
2020 377,876

Primary education, teachers (% female)

Primary education, teachers (% female) in Vietnam was 78.56 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 78.56 in 2020, while its lowest value was 50.72 in 1978.

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
1976 55.77
1977 64.66
1978 50.72
1979 62.55
1980 64.33
1981 65.48
1985 70.82
1986 70.33
1991 74.16
1995 76.49
1998 77.40
1999 77.53
2000 77.90
2001 78.31
2002 77.83
2003 77.97
2004 78.33
2005 78.03
2006 78.11
2007 77.66
2008 77.33
2009 77.97
2010 77.88
2011 77.12
2012 77.41
2013 76.35
2014 74.82
2015 77.57
2016 77.84
2018 78.12
2019 77.68
2020 78.56

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes