Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Thailand

Gross tertiary enrolment in Thailand was 49.1% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2016.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1971 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Thailand, 2025 49.1% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2024 +4.1percentage points 2024: 45.0%
World, 2024 43.6% Official aggregate Not the same period as Thailand (2025).

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Thailand over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2025
Period ThailandWorld
2025 49.1% –
2024 45.0% 43.6%
2023 45.4% 43.2%
2022 43.3% 42.0%
2021 43.5% 41.1%
2020 42.6% 39.7%
2019 45.0% 38.7%
2018 46.2% 37.9%
2017 47.4% 37.5%
2016 49.3% 37.1%
2015 45.7% 36.6%
2014 49.9% 35.6%
2013 49.7% 33.1%
2012 50.7% 32.3%
2011 52.7% 31.1%
2010 46.4% 29.6%
2009 46.2% 28.3%
2008 46.4% 27.4%
2007 47.6% 26.3%
2006 44.2% 25.7%
2005 44.3% 24.3%
2004 42.1% 23.6%
2003 41.2% 22.8%
2002 40.1% 21.6%
2001 38.9% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +4.1 percentage points from 45.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 45.7%, the figure has changed by +3.4 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2025 for Thailand
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics