School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender was 0.4368 GPIA in 2023. ▼ Falling
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Lao People's Democratic Republic recorded 0.4368 GPIA for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.5% on the previous year and down 43.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 0.8439 GPIA in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.4368 GPIA, in 2023.
That places Lao People's Democratic Republic 115th out of 123 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.6011 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.6093 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.641 GPIA | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 0.6494 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 0.7667 GPIA | +18.1% |
| 2003 | 0.7096 GPIA | -7.5% |
| 2004 | 0.8439 GPIA | +18.9% |
| 2005 | 0.8189 GPIA | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 0.7828 GPIA | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 0.7195 GPIA | -8.1% |
| 2008 | 0.7952 GPIA | +10.5% |
| 2009 | 0.7642 GPIA | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 0.6945 GPIA | -9.1% |
| 2011 | 0.7498 GPIA | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 0.7891 GPIA | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 0.7678 GPIA | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 0.7087 GPIA | -7.7% |
| 2015 | 0.6482 GPIA | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 0.7141 GPIA | +10.2% |
| 2017 | 0.7004 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.6054 GPIA | -13.6% |
| 2020 | 0.6166 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 0.4459 GPIA | -27.7% |
| 2022 | 0.4622 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 0.4368 GPIA | -5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6052 GPIA | 0.6011 GPIA | 0.6093 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.7491 GPIA | 0.641 GPIA | 0.8439 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7087 GPIA | 0.6054 GPIA | 0.7891 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.4904 GPIA | 0.4368 GPIA | 0.6166 GPIA | 4 |
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More education data for Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 21,845 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 29.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.4% (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 93.14 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 93.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 0.4368 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8439 GPIA in 2004.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4368 GPIA in 2023.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 115th out of 123 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lao People's Democratic Republic data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release