Education in Laos

149 indicators covering education for Laos.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 82.1% 2019 up 15.5% 111th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 342 2024 down 50.1% 79th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 407 2024 down 38.7% 75th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 623 2024 down 29.6% 83rd
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 967 2024 down 11.0% 82nd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 100.1% 2018 down 18.1% 106th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 104.3% 2018 down 21.9% 72nd
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.5% 2100 down 38.6% 74th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 45,400 people 2100 down 40.9% 82nd
Population by level of education 3.86 million people 2100 up 10.1% 98th
Repeaters, primary, female 3.4% 2018 down 78.4% 66th
Repeaters, primary, male 4.9% 2018 down 72.7% 62nd
School enrollment, secondary, private 3.6% 2020 up 34.5% 147th
School enrollment, primary 91.5% 2018 up 4.3% 116th
Trained teachers in primary education 65.2% 2025 down 33.8% 121st
Over-age students, primary 10.6% 2018 down 59.3% 62nd
Secondary education, teachers 51.8% 2022 up 4.9% 132nd
School enrollment, primary, female 90.6% 2018 up 6.5% 93rd
School enrollment, primary, male 92.3% 2018 up 2.3% 93rd
Over-age students, primary, male 11.5% 2018 down 59.0% 64th
Over-age students, primary, female 9.6% 2018 down 59.5% 64th
Compulsory education, duration 9 years 2025 up 80.0% 115th
Progression to secondary school 86.2% 2017 up 5.5% 136th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 91.5% 2018 up 4.3% 127th
Trained teachers in primary education, female 77.1% 2025 down 21.4% 100th
Trained teachers in primary education, male 50.6% 2025 down 48.8% 118th
Primary education, pupils 48.1% 2018 up 3.2% 148th
Tertiary education, academic staff 39.7% 2020 up 24.8% 98th
Persistence to grade 5, female 84.5% 2019 up 18.1% 103rd
Persistence to grade 5, male 79.8% 2019 up 13.0% 103rd
School enrollment, secondary 60.0% 2018 up 64.3% 115th
Preprimary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 10th
Progression to secondary school, male 87.6% 2017 up 4.4% 124th
School enrollment, secondary, female 59.4% 2018 up 74.3% 115th
School enrollment, secondary, male 60.7% 2018 up 55.6% 112th
Progression to secondary school, female 84.7% 2017 up 7.0% 125th
Expenditure on tertiary education 13.8% 2014 up 9.4% 121st
Literacy rate, youth female 88.5% 2023 down 2.2% 77th
Children out of school, primary 82,273 2025 up 129.1% 58th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 90.6% 2018 up 6.5% 106th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 92.3% 2018 up 2.3% 100th
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 0.96 GPI 2023 unchanged 73rd
Literacy rate, youth male 92.2% 2023 down 2.3% 68th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 22.34 2018 down 26.7% 81st
Literacy rate, youth total 90.4% 2023 down 2.2% 69th
Expenditure on secondary education 38.6% 2014 up 103.2% 43rd
Expenditure on primary education 40.6% 2014 down 35.0% 42nd
Secondary education, pupils 47.6% 2018 up 8.4% 157th
Children out of school, primary, female 40,481 2025 up 92.4% 63rd
Children out of school, primary, male 41,792 2025 up 181.1% 67th
Literacy rate, adult total 75.6% 2023 down 10.7% 65th
Literacy rate, adult male 85.1% 2023 down 5.4% 60th
Trained teachers in preprimary education 10.8% 2024 down 88.0% 108th
Trained teachers in secondary education 93.7% 2022 down 5.8% 52nd
Adolescents out of school 36.3% 2025 up 79.3% 22nd
Current education expenditure, total 85.0% 2014 up 13.5% 104th
Current education expenditure, primary 92.4% 2014 up 10.5% 75th
Current education expenditure, secondary 86.4% 2014 up 8.9% 105th
Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 10.6% 2024 down 88.4% 105th
Trained teachers in secondary education, female 94.0% 2022 down 1.1% 49th