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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI	1.43 % of GNI		[160th of 168]
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Children out of school, primary	126,224		[25th of 126]
DEFINITION: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	28,117		[99th of 150]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series
Education expenditure of government > As percentage of total government	11.7%		[37th of 85]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Education spending (% of GDP)	2.8%		[111st of 132]
DEFINITION: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	11%		[81st of 96]
DEFINITION: Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme
Education, primary completion rate	76		[90th of 148]
SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme		View time series
Geographical aptitude results	71.36		[85th of 191]
DEFINITION: Overall score based upon test results of the Geography Challenge, an online geography quiz game.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	32.7%		[32nd of 138]
SOURCE: The Geography Zone		View time series
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ > Women	43.4%		[31st of 138]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	68.73 %		[87th of 121]
DEFINITION: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.		View time series
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data \| UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Literacy rate, youth female > % of females ages 15-24	74.68 %		[82nd of 123]
DEFINITION: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24	78.46 %		[80th of 123]
DEFINITION: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP	2.33 %		[42nd of 136]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	11.71 %		[36th of 103]
DEFINITION: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	31.48		[37th of 159]
DEFINITION: Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
School life expectancy > Male	9.3 years		[78th of 97]
DEFINITION: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
School life expectancy > Total	8.3 years		[92nd of 110]
DEFINITION: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Scientific and technical journal articles	2		[160th of 175]
DEFINITION: Scientific and technical journal articles refer to the number of scientific and engineering articles published in the following fields: physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences.		View time series
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.9		[23rd of 138]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; United Nations Human Development Programme; The Geography Zone; UNESCO Institute for Statistics

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Laos, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, lao people’s democratic republic, lao people's dem rep., lao people's dem. rep., lao people's dem., Lao PDR, Lao People's Dem. Rep.