Primary school enrolment (gross) in Laos
Gross primary school enrolment in Laos was 93.1% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1976.
Laos, 2025
93.1%
Change from 2024
−0.7percentage points
World, 2024
102.2%
Primary school enrolment (gross) in Laos over time
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% of the official primary school-age population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Laos | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93.1% | – |
| 2024 | 93.9% | 102.2% |
| 2023 | 95.0% | 100.7% |
| 2022 | 95.7% | 100.4% |
| 2021 | 99.1% | 99.4% |
| 2020 | 100.3% | 99.6% |
| 2019 | 102.0% | 99.1% |
| 2018 | 104.3% | 99.1% |
| 2017 | 107.4% | 101.8% |
| 2016 | 110.5% | 102.1% |
| 2015 | 114.3% | 101.0% |
| 2014 | 117.4% | 101.6% |
| 2013 | 118.4% | 103.0% |
| 2012 | 118.4% | 102.9% |
| 2011 | 119.1% | 102.4% |
| 2010 | 119.7% | 102.5% |
| 2009 | 117.4% | 102.7% |
| 2008 | 115.0% | 102.9% |
| 2007 | 112.5% | 102.7% |
| 2006 | 110.8% | 101.7% |
| 2005 | 110.0% | 101.7% |
| 2004 | 108.6% | 101.6% |
| 2003 | 107.5% | 100.9% |
| 2002 | 105.2% | 99.4% |
| 2001 | 103.3% | 99.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.7 percentage points from 93.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 114.3%, the figure has changed by −21.2 percentage points.
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