Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Thailand

Share of children out of school in Thailand in 2025 — 0.82%. Ranked 4 in the world out of 12. Since 1973, the indicator has fallen by 24.81 pp.

2025 0.82% +0.27 pp vs 2024
World rank 4of 12
Period maximum 25.62%1973
Period minimum 0.27%2018

Trend over time

1973–2025 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Thailand, 1973–2025010203019731979198519911997200320092015202120251973: 25.62%1974: 24.85%2006: 4.36%2007: 4.95%2008: 6.22%2009: 7.33%2017: 3.3%2018: 0.27%2019: 0.55%2020: 0.39%2021: 0.51%2022: 0.31%2023: 1.61%2024: 0.55%2025: 0.82%
Change over the period: −24.81 pp Annual average: -0.48 pp
Share of children out of school — Thailand, by year Thailand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 0.82 +0.27 pp
2024 0.55 −1.06 pp
2023 1.61 +1.3 pp
2022 0.31 −0.19 pp
2021 0.51 +0.11 pp
2020 0.39 −0.16 pp
2019 0.55 +0.28 pp
2018 0.27 −3.03 pp
2017 3.3
2009 7.33 +1.11 pp
2008 6.22 +1.27 pp
2007 4.95 +0.59 pp
2006 4.36
1974 24.85 −0.78 pp
1973 25.62

South-Eastern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of children of primary school age not attending school. Unlike the absolute count, the indicator speaks to the state of the education system in a country, and it shows that the task does not reduce to poverty: at comparable income the shares differ severalfold, and the highest values come from countries where schooling is obstructed by conflict or by a nomadic way of life.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the number of children aged 0–14: total population is the wrong weight here — the share of children differs fourfold across countries.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.