Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): Secondary education, general pupils, per capita

Lao People's Democratic Republic
0.0941 units per person
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
0.0539 units per person
in 2018
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
33rd
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
35th

Secondary education, general pupils, per capita over time

  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
00.020.040.060.080.1197019942018

How they compare

Lao People's Democratic Republic currently reports 0.0941 units per person against 0.0539 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 0.0402 units per person.

That makes Lao People's Democratic Republic's figure about 1.7 times Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.

Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 33rd and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 35th of 204 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Lao People's Democratic Republic averaged higher in 3 and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lao People's Democratic Republic Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0107 units per person 0.0193 units per person 0.0086 units per person Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
1980s 0.0244 units per person 0.0274 units per person 0.003 units per person Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
1990s 0.0323 units per person 0.03 units per person 0.0023 units per person Lao People's Democratic Republic
2000s 0.0614 units per person 0.0392 units per person 0.0222 units per person Lao People's Democratic Republic
2010s 0.0856 units per person 0.0526 units per person 0.033 units per person Lao People's Democratic Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher secondary education, general pupils, per capita, Lao People's Democratic Republic or Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
Lao People's Democratic Republic, at 0.0941 units per person against 0.0539 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2018.
What is the difference in secondary education, general pupils, per capita between Lao People's Democratic Republic and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
0.0402 units per person, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
44 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Lao People's Democratic Republic and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for secondary education, general pupils, per capita?
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 33rd and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 35th of 204 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Secondary education, general pupils, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Secondary education, general pupils, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
247 places, 9,345 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Secondary education, general pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.