Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Laos
Laos: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 34.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Laos, 1999–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Laos recorded 34.1% for share of children who are not in pre-primary school in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and down 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Laos peaked at 91.1% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 30.0%, in 2020.
That places Laos 47th out of 179 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 90.7% | 90.7% | 90.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 85.9% | 69.3% | 91.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 46.5% | 30.3% | 65.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.2% | 30.0% | 37.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Laos
- 44 Papua New Guinea 34.7% compare
- 45 British Virgin Islands 34.3% compare
- 46 Madagascar 34.1% compare
- 48 Sri Lanka 34.1% compare
- 49 Togo 33.5% compare
- 50 Tanzania 32.0% compare
More education data for Laos
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 29.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 93.1% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 21,845 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.4 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 92.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Laos?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Laos was 34.1% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 91.1% in 2002.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.0% in 2020.
- How does Laos rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- Laos ranks 47th out of 179 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of children who are not in pre-primary school rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who are not in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children one year before the official primary entry age (typically age 5) not enrolled in pre-primary education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.