Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Laos
Laos: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 1.01 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Laos, 1992–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Laos recorded 1.01 index for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Laos peaked at 1.01 index in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.7672 index, in 1994.
That places Laos 70th out of 163 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7905 index | 0.7672 index | 0.8272 index | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.8545 index | 0.8131 index | 0.8948 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9531 index | 0.8906 index | 0.9943 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 index | 0.9969 index | 1.01 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Laos
More education data for Laos
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (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)
- 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 net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Laos?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Laos was 1.01 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 index in 2022.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7672 index in 1994.
- How does Laos rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Laos ranks 70th out of 163 countries with data for 2025.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal net enrollment rates in lower secondary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.