Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Laos

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Laos was 90.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 3.4 pts from 2022. That is the 38th highest of 58 countries in 2022.

202390.4%
Change on 2022-3.4 pts
Rank38th of 58Countries ranked
Series high93.82022
Series low71.11995

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Laos, 1995 to 2023

70758085909519952001201520231995: 71.1 %2000: 80.6 %2001: 78.5 %2005: 83.9 %2015: 92.5 %2017: 87.9 %2022: 93.8 %2023: 90.4 %
%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Literacy rate, youth total, % of people ages 15-24 (SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS) via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.
All 8 values
Period%
202390.4
202293.8
201787.9
201592.5
200583.9
200178.5
200080.6
199571.1

Rankings

Definition

People aged 15 to 24 who can both read and write, with understanding, a short simple statement about their everyday life, as a percentage of the population aged 15 to 24. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

UIS figures from censuses, household surveys and UIS model estimates. Most high-income countries stopped measuring literacy decades ago, so they have no value; a missing value is not a rate of 0 or 100. Countries report in different years, so a ranking for one year covers only some countries.

How to cite

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Literacy rate, youth total, % of people ages 15-24 (SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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What is the youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Laos?

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Laos was 90.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 3.4 pts from 2022. That is the 38th highest of 58 countries in 2022.

Where does this figure come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Literacy rate, youth total, % of people ages 15-24 (SE.ADT.1524.LT.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 in Laos?

93.8% in 2022, the highest value since 1995 in this series.

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