Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Viet Nam

Gross tertiary enrolment in Viet Nam was 37.6% in 2024.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1976 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Viet Nam, 2024 37.6% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2023 +4.8percentage points 2023: 32.8%
World, 2024 43.6% Official aggregate

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Viet Nam 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 2024
Period Viet NamWorld
2024 37.6% 43.6%
2023 32.8% 43.2%
2022 44.8% 42.0%
2021 42.0% 41.1%
2020 – 39.7%
2019 30.2% 38.7%
2018 – 37.9%
2017 26.0% 37.5%
2016 29.1% 37.1%
2015 29.7% 36.6%
2014 31.3% 35.6%
2013 25.6% 33.1%
2012 25.7% 32.3%
2011 25.9% 31.1%
2010 23.9% 29.6%
2009 21.5% 28.3%
2008 20.1% 27.4%
2007 19.0% 26.3%
2006 16.8% 25.7%
2005 15.9% 24.3%
2004 – 23.6%
2003 9.9% 22.8%
2002 9.6% 21.6%
2001 9.3% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +4.8 percentage points from 32.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2012, when it was 25.7%, the figure has changed by +11.8 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 43.6%.

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
1976 to 2024 for Viet Nam
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