Qualified primary teachers in Laos
In Laos, 65.2% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1999.
Laos, 2025
65.2%
Change from 2024
−0.5percentage points
Qualified primary teachers in Laos over time
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% of primary teachers. 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 | 65.2% |
| 2024 | 65.7% |
| 2023 | 65.7% |
| 2022 | 89.7% |
| 2021 | 99.1% |
| 2020 | 98.8% |
| 2019 | 96.9% |
| 2018 | 97.0% |
| 2017 | 97.0% |
| 2016 | 97.5% |
| 2015 | 98.4% |
| 2014 | 98.3% |
| 2013 | 98.0% |
| 2012 | 97.2% |
| 2011 | 93.8% |
| 2010 | 95.4% |
| 2009 | 92.0% |
| 2008 | 96.9% |
| 2007 | 89.7% |
| 2006 | 85.8% |
| 2005 | 83.4% |
| 2004 | 79.4% |
| 2003 | 77.5% |
| 2002 | 76.1% |
| 2001 | 76.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 65.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 98.4%, the figure has changed by −33.3 percentage points.
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