Summary Education Profile: Vietnam

Group Average, 2004

1985 1990 1995 2000 2004 EAP Low income

Socio-economic context
Per capita GNI (US$) .. 130 250 380 540 1,417 507
Adult literacy rate (%), (age 15 +) .. .. .. .. 90.3 90.7 61.7

Structure and coverage of the system

Duration of education (years)
Primary level 5 5 5 5 5 5.5 6.0
Secondary level 7 7 7 7 7 .. ..
Compulsory schooling .. .. 5 9 9 .. ..
Gross enrollment ratio (%)
Primary level 103.0 106.9 114.1 106.6 98.0 114.9 104.4
Secondary level 42.7 32.2 47.0 64.6 73.5 70.9 45.2
Tertiary level 1.9 2.0 4.1 9.5 10.2 19.4 9.1
Net enrollment ratio (%)
Primary level .. 90.5 87.8 95.3 92.9 .. 78.3
Secondary level .. .. 54.2 61.0 64.8 .. ..
Grade 1 intake rate (%)
Gross intake rate .. .. .. 106.5 98.1 102.4 122.3
Net intake rate .. .. .. 79.4 81.9 .. ..

Student flow--primary level

Primary completion rate (%) .. .. .. 96.4 100.8 97.9 77.8
Pupils reaching grade 5 (% of cohort) .. .. .. 85.7 86.8 .. ..
Repetition rate (%) .. .. 4.3 3.3 2.4 1.2 6.4
School life expectancy (years) .. .. .. 10.3 10.5 11.3 9.7
 Student flow--secondary level
Progresion to secondary level (%) .. .. .. 93.0 99.7 .. ..
Repetition rate (%) .. .. .. 1.7 1.3 0.5 5.1

Public expenditure on education

Total spending as a % of GDP .. 2.0 2.9 .. .. 3.0 ..
Current spending per student (% of p.c.GDP)
Primary level .. .. 7.5 .. .. .. ..
Secondary level .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Tertiary level .. .. 149.5 .. .. .. ..

Ratio of pupils to teachers

Primary level 34.5 35.1 34.2 29.5 23.0 22.3 42.0
Secondary level .. .. .. 28.0 24.5 19.7 32.4

Gender parity index (GPI)

Gross enrollment ratio in primary and secondary 0.9 .. .. 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9

Private sector enrollment share

Primary level (%) .. .. .. 0.3 0.3 .. 17.2
Secondary level (%) .. .. .. 11.1 11.5 .. 41.0
Note: (1) Numbers in red italics refer to the most recent data available within two years of the year indicated.
(2) Break in series between 1997 and 1998 due to change from International Standard Classification of Education 1976 (ISCED76) to ISCED97. For information on ISCED, see “What is
this module”.