Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Laos
Laos: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9889 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Laos, 1971–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Laos recorded 0.9889 index for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in 2025. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Laos peaked at 0.9889 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.5977 index, in 1971.
That places Laos 131st out of 215 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Laos, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.5977 index | — |
| 1972 | 0.6703 index | +12.1% |
| 1973 | 0.7025 index | +4.8% |
| 1977 | 0.7298 index | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 0.8591 index | +17.7% |
| 1979 | 0.812 index | -5.5% |
| 1980 | 0.8448 index | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 0.851 index | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.8575 index | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.7504 index | -12.5% |
| 1985 | 0.7858 index | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 0.8387 index | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 0.8084 index | -3.6% |
| 1990 | 0.7923 index | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 0.79 index | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.7894 index | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.7851 index | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.7821 index | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.8068 index | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 0.799 index | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.8074 index | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.8177 index | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.8377 index | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 0.8407 index | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.848 index | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.853 index | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.8605 index | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.871 index | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.8743 index | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.88 index | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.8896 index | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.899 index | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.91 index | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9197 index | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9296 index | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9363 index | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9415 index | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9462 index | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9526 index | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9529 index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9582 index | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.9579 index | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9623 index | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9664 index | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9722 index | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9785 index | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9809 index | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9836 index | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 0.9889 index | +0.5% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 0.9889 index is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9807 index, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Laos's 0.9889 index is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9953 index, 99% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7286 index | 0.5977 index | 0.8591 index | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.8195 index | 0.7504 index | 0.8575 index | 7 |
| 1990s | 0.8008 index | 0.7821 index | 0.8377 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8726 index | 0.8407 index | 0.91 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9457 index | 0.9197 index | 0.9623 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9784 index | 0.9664 index | 0.9889 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Laos
More health data for Laos
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.76 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.5667 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,260 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 317 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 15 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.5161 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0489 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.5055 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Laos?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Laos was 0.9889 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9889 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5977 index in 1971.
- How does Laos rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Laos ranks 131st out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. 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 Primary school life expectancy, 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 equality in the expected number of years a child of school entrance age is likely to spend in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.