What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Lao People's Democratic Republic and Malaysia?

16,011 number, with Malaysia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Malaysia?

20 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2017.

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, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Malaysia: Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary

Lao People's Democratic Republic

111,886 number

in 2019

Malaysia

127,897 number

in 2017

Lao People's Democratic Republic rank

35th

Malaysia rank

33rd

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

Lao People's Democratic Republic
Malaysia

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 127,897 number against 111,886 number in Lao People's Democratic Republic, a difference of 16,011 number.

That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.1 times Lao People's Democratic Republic's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.

Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 35th and Malaysia ranks 33rd of 148 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Lao People's Democratic Republic averaged higher in 1 and Malaysia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Malaysia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	118,344 number	92,747 number	25,596 number	Lao People's Democratic Republic
2000s	110,363 number	127,602 number	17,239 number	Malaysia
2010s	78,692 number	136,214 number	57,522 number	Malaysia

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, Lao People's Democratic Republic or Malaysia?: Malaysia, at 127,897 number against 111,886 number in Lao People's Democratic Republic as of 2017.
What is the difference in out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary between Lao People's Democratic Republic and Malaysia?: 16,011 number, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Malaysia?: 20 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2017.
How do Lao People's Democratic Republic and Malaysia rank globally for out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary?: Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 35th and Malaysia ranks 33rd of 148 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, male (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, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 193 places, 4,440 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/