Which has higher out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary, Laos or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 3.78 million number against 227,366 number in Laos as of 2019.

What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Laos and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?

3.55 million number, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?

26 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Laos vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary

Laos

227,366 number

in 2019

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

3.78 million number

in 2019

Laos rank

34th

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank

31st

Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary over time

Laos
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) currently reports 3.78 million number against 227,366 number in Laos, a difference of 3.55 million number.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s figure about 16.6 times Laos's.

Across all 26 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Laos ranks 34th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 31st of 149 countries.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Laos	Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)	Difference	Ahead
1990s	320,192 number	7.44 million number	7.12 million number	Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s	268,910 number	4.38 million number	4.11 million number	Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s	186,754 number	3.89 million number	3.70 million number	Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary, Laos or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 3.78 million number against 227,366 number in Laos as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Laos and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?: 3.55 million number, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?: 26 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2019.
How do Laos and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary?: Laos ranks 34th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 31st of 149 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 4,726 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Number of children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age who are not enrolled or attending school during in a given academic year. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/