Share of all students in upper … upper both sexes vocational in Laos
Laos: Share of all students in upper … upper both sexes vocational was 3.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Laos, 1998–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Laos recorded 3.4% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2025.
The figure is down 30.9% on the previous year and down 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Laos peaked at 5.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2009.
That places Laos 142nd out of 168 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper … upper both sexes vocational in Laos, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5.0% | — |
| 1999 | 4.3% | -13.8% |
| 2000 | 4.6% | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 4.2% | -8.0% |
| 2002 | 4.0% | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 3.8% | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 3.6% | -7.2% |
| 2005 | 3.5% | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 2.8% | -18.2% |
| 2007 | 2.2% | -21.9% |
| 2008 | 1.4% | -37.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | -34.8% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | +37.3% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | +19.2% |
| 2012 | 2.7% | +87.0% |
| 2013 | 3.7% | +33.7% |
| 2014 | 4.3% | +16.6% |
| 2015 | 4.2% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 3.4% | -19.2% |
| 2017 | 2.7% | -22.3% |
| 2018 | 2.7% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 2.1% | -20.6% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 2.4% | +10.5% |
| 2022 | 2.6% | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 5.8% | +128.3% |
| 2024 | 4.9% | -16.1% |
| 2025 | 3.4% | -30.9% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 3.4% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11.1%, 30% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Laos's 3.4% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 15.8%, 22% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of all students in upper … upper both sexes vocational in Laos changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +128.3% | 2.6% | 5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.6% | 4.3% | 5.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.1% | 0.9% | 4.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.8% | 1.2% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.6% | 2.2% | 5.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Laos
More education data for Laos
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 35,584 (2022)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 16,396 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 116,303 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 115,863 (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 532,092 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 739,554 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.0716 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0939 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Laos?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Laos was 3.4% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 5.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2009.
- How does Laos rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Laos ranks 142nd out of 168 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.1%. 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, published as part of Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release