Education in Lao People's Democratic Republic 12 indicators covering education for Lao People's Democratic Republic. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Proportion of total government spending on essential services 8.2% 2024 down 29.9% 175th Proportion of schools with access to electricity, by education level 87.6% 2022 up 123.5% 108th Adjusted gender parity index for completion rate, by location, wealth 0.9969 ratio 2023 up 16.0% 80th Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications, by 93.7% 2022 down 5.8% 44th Completion rate, by sex, location, wealth quintile and education level 56.2% 2023 up 47.3% 58th Adjusted location parity index for completion rate, by sex, wealth 0.605 ratio 2023 up 46.2% 69th Adjusted gender parity index for the proportion of teachers with the 1.0% 2020 down 0.6% 30th Youth/adult literacy rate 90.4% 2023 down 2.2% 51st Adjusted gender parity index for youth/adult literacy rate 0.96 ratio 2023 unchanged 55th Number of destroyed or damaged educational facilities attributed to 0 2024 down 100.0% 53rd Number of disruptions to educational services attributed to disasters 126 2024 up 3,050.0% 11th Adjusted wealth parity index for completion rate, by sex, location 0.3142 ratio 2023 up 478.4% 37th