Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Papua New Guinea: School age population, tertiary education, female

Lao People's Democratic Republic
347,303 number
in 2019
Papua New Guinea
354,537 number
in 2014
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
88th
Papua New Guinea rank
86th

School age population, tertiary education, female over time

  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Papua New Guinea
100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k300.0k350.0k197019942019

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 354,537 number against 347,303 number in Lao People's Democratic Republic, a difference of 7,234 number.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 42 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 88th and Papua New Guinea ranks 86th of 203 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Lao People's Democratic Republic averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lao People's Democratic Republic Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 136,741 number 142,616 number 5,874 number Papua New Guinea
1980s 173,894 number 184,383 number 10,489 number Papua New Guinea
1990s 231,581 number 242,645 number 11,064 number Papua New Guinea
2000s 299,614 number 299,789 number 174.3 number Papua New Guinea
2010s 355,402 number 339,820 number 15,582 number Lao People's Democratic Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, female, Lao People's Democratic Republic or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 354,537 number against 347,303 number in Lao People's Democratic Republic as of 2014.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, female between Lao People's Democratic Republic and Papua New Guinea?
7,234 number, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Papua New Guinea?
42 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2014.
How do Lao People's Democratic Republic and Papua New Guinea rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, female?
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 88th and Papua New Guinea ranks 86th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Papua New Guinea: School age population, tertiary education, female. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 06 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-age-population-tertiary-education-female-number/lao-pdr/papua-new-guinea/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-age-population-tertiary-education-female-number/lao-pdr/papua-new-guinea/">Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Papua New Guinea: School age population, tertiary education, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School age population, tertiary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
248 places, 11,591 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.