Education in Laos 149 indicators covering education for Laos. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 65.4% 2025 up 4.3% 87th Population ages 0-14 29.8% 2025 down 10.2% 72nd Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 unchanged 144th School enrollment, primary 93.1% 2025 down 18.5% 164th Primary education, teachers 21,845 2025 down 38.0% 120th School enrollment, primary, female 92.6% 2025 down 16.9% 165th School enrollment, primary, male 93.6% 2025 down 20.0% 161st Labor force, total 3.65 million 2025 up 33.9% 99th Labor force, female 46.7% 2025 down 0.3% 73rd School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9723 GPI 2021 up 4.9% 136th School enrollment, secondary 50.5% 2025 down 18.9% 171st Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 6.7 per 1,000 2024 down 16.2% 65th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 4.2 per 1,000 2024 down 31.1% 74th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 2.7 per 1,000 2024 down 40.0% 56th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 2.1 per 1,000 2024 down 54.3% 69th Secondary education, teachers 35,584 2022 up 28.5% 103rd School enrollment, secondary, female 50.1% 2025 down 16.3% 169th School enrollment, secondary, male 51.0% 2025 down 21.2% 170th School enrollment, tertiary 14.9% 2023 down 21.3% 144th School enrollment, primary, private 7.4% 2020 up 112.6% 127th School enrollment, preprimary 49.3% 2021 up 129.0% 123rd School enrollment, tertiary, male 17.0% 2023 down 15.0% 132nd School enrollment, tertiary, female 12.7% 2023 down 28.7% 146th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9531 GPI 2021 up 13.4% 159th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.7453 GPI 2023 down 16.1% 162nd Secondary education, teachers, female 18,434 2022 up 34.8% 101st Primary completion rate, female 85.6% 2025 down 14.0% 136th Primary completion rate, male 85.0% 2025 down 17.0% 128th Government expenditure on education, total 1.2% 2023 down 61.8% 190th Secondary education, general pupils 671,064 2018 up 63.7% 81st Lower secondary completion rate, total 49.3% 2025 down 18.0% 154th School enrollment, preprimary, female 49.9% 2021 up 126.3% 123rd School enrollment, preprimary, male 48.7% 2021 up 131.7% 121st Persistence to last grade of primary, total 82.1% 2019 up 15.5% 119th Government expenditure on education, total 8.2% 2024 down 29.9% 175th Secondary education, general pupils 47.6% 2018 up 8.4% 174th Lower secondary completion rate, female 49.5% 2025 down 14.1% 158th Lower secondary completion rate, male 49.1% 2025 down 21.6% 152nd Children out of school 10.4% 2025 up 114.7% 51st Primary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 154th Primary education, pupils 739,554 2025 down 13.0% 94th Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Secondary education, pupils 532,092 2025 down 16.9% 106th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 84.5% 2019 up 18.1% 108th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 79.8% 2019 up 13.0% 110th Secondary education, vocational pupils 7,065 2018 up 181.8% 135th Number of under-five deaths, male 2,740 2024 down 39.0% 71st Number of under-five deaths, female 2,022 2024 down 39.8% 72nd Number of infant deaths, male 2,541 2024 down 36.9% 70th Number of infant deaths, female 1,861 2024 down 37.6% 70th Children out of school, female 10.4% 2025 up 80.9% 56th Children out of school, male 10.3% 2025 up 162.6% 55th Secondary education, vocational pupils 44.9% 2018 up 12.1% 67th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 102.2% 2018 down 20.1% 88th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 1.4% 2025 down 30.0% 177th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 0.9% 2025 down 53.7% 180th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 1.2% 2025 down 40.8% 179th Primary education, teachers 54.9% 2025 up 7.1% 163rd Repeaters, primary, total 4.2% 2018 down 75.3% 65th Page 1 of 3 Next →