Primary net enrolment in Laos
In Laos, 89.6% of children of primary school age were enrolled in school in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2009.
Laos, 2025
89.6%
Change from 2024
0percentage points
Primary net enrolment in Laos over time
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% of children of primary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Laos |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 89.6% |
| 2024 | 89.7% |
| 2023 | 90.5% |
| 2022 | 90.6% |
| 2021 | 93.0% |
| 2020 | 93.1% |
| 2019 | 93.3% |
| 2018 | 93.2% |
| 2017 | 93.7% |
| 2016 | 94.7% |
| 2015 | 95.2% |
| 2014 | 96.0% |
| 2013 | 95.0% |
| 2012 | 92.5% |
| 2011 | 92.0% |
| 2010 | 91.7% |
| 2009 | 87.0% |
| 2008 | 84.7% |
| 2007 | 82.5% |
| 2006 | 80.0% |
| 2005 | 79.4% |
| 2004 | 78.8% |
| 2003 | 78.5% |
| 2002 | 75.8% |
| 2001 | 74.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 89.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 95.2%, the figure has changed by −5.5 percentage points.
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Primary completion (UIS)
87.7%
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Lower secondary completion
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Upper secondary completion
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