School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Laos
Laos: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.994 GPIA in 2025. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Laos, 1998–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2025, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Laos stood at 0.994 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Laos peaked at 0.994 GPIA in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.7968 GPIA, in 1998.
Laos ranks 120th of 200 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Laos, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.7968 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.8082 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.8113 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.8195 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.8252 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.8347 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.8469 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 0.8511 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.8614 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8705 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.88 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8898 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8948 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.908 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9194 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9285 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9381 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.946 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.9461 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9515 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.9549 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9599 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.967 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9751 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.9841 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9838 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.9883 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 0.994 GPIA | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8025 GPIA | 0.7968 GPIA | 0.8082 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.849 GPIA | 0.8113 GPIA | 0.8898 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9347 GPIA | 0.8948 GPIA | 0.9599 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.982 GPIA | 0.967 GPIA | 0.994 GPIA | 6 |
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More education data for Laos
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 25.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 9,854 (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 22,851 (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Laos?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Laos was 0.994 GPIA in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 0.994 GPIA in 2025.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7968 GPIA in 1998.
- How does Laos rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- Laos ranks 120th out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release