Lower secondary completion in Viet Nam

In Viet Nam, 87.0% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2021. The value for 2021 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2021 Source: UNESCO UIS
Viet Nam, 2021 87.0% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2014 +3.5percentage points 2014: 83.4%

Lower secondary completion in Viet Nam over time

View

Showing: Total

Places
1 selected
Viet Nam

% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2000 to 2021
Period Viet Nam
2021 87.0%
2014 83.4%
2011 80.5%
2009 77.7%
2006 79.3%
2002 63.5%
2000 51.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 83.4% in 2014, a change of +3.5 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 51.3%, the figure has changed by +35.7 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2021 for Viet Nam
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org