Laos

Adult literacy in Laos

Adult literacy in Laos: 60.3% in 1995 and 75.6% in 2023, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2023
75.6%
Since 1995
+15.4 percentage points
World, 2023
87.6%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in LaosAdult literacy in Laos: 60.3% in 1995 and 75.6% in 2023, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 84.7% in 2015, the lowest 60.3% in 1995.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 84.7% in 2015, the lowest 60.3% in 1995.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearLaosWorld
2024–87.7
202375.687.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
201773.786.5
2016–86.3
201584.786
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
200572.782.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
200168.781.4
200069.681.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
199560.376.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
1991–75.1
1990–74.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
1982–68.9
1981–68.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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