Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development was 3.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2011–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in Lao People's Democratic Republic is 3.7%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 64.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 3.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 2011.
That places Lao People's Democratic Republic 57th out of 67 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1.4% | — |
| 2012 | 1.4% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 1.6% | +18.0% |
| 2014 | 2.0% | +24.0% |
| 2015 | 2.3% | +13.5% |
| 2016 | 2.6% | +13.9% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | +14.2% |
| 2019 | 3.1% | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 3.3% | +7.9% |
| 2021 | 3.3% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 2.4% | -28.4% |
| 2023 | 3.2% | +33.6% |
| 2024 | 3.6% | +12.3% |
| 2025 | 3.7% | +5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.2% | 1.4% | 3.1% | 8 |
| 2020s | 3.2% | 2.4% | 3.7% | 6 |
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More education data for Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 21,845 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 3.7% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 3.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 2011.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 57th out of 67 countries with data for 2025.
- Is net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lao People's Democratic Republic data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release