Youth literacy in Laos
In Laos, 90.4% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2023.
Laos, 2023
90.4%
Change from 2022
−3.4percentage points
Youth literacy in Laos over time
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% of people aged 15 to 24. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Laos |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 90.4% |
| 2022 | 93.8% |
| 2017 | 87.9% |
| 2015 | 92.5% |
| 2005 | 83.9% |
| 2001 | 78.5% |
| 2000 | 80.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −3.4 percentage points from 93.8% in 2022.
- Since 1995, when it was 71.1%, the figure has changed by +19.3 percentage points.