Lower secondary completion in Laos

In Laos, 56.2% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2023.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2023 Source: UNESCO UIS
Laos, 2023 56.2% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2017 +2.6percentage points 2017: 53.6%

Lower secondary completion in Laos over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2000 to 2023
Period Laos
2023 56.2%
2017 53.6%
2012 38.1%
2006 40.8%
2000 27.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 53.6% in 2017, a change of +2.6 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 27.9%, the figure has changed by +28.3 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2023 for Laos
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org