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2024
global knowledge index
Lao People's Democratic Republic
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):64.173
- Population:7,664,993
- HDI:0.62
117/141
Gki
Score
36.6
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Lao People's Democratic Republic is a weak performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 117th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 20th out of the 24 countries with medium human development.
Areas of Strength
- Unemployment rate with vocational education
- Proportion of children who are developmentally on track
- Ratio of medium-skill TVET occupations earnings to average wage
- Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (%)
- Gross fixed capital formation (% GDP)
Areas of Improvement
- Pupil-trained teacher ratio in pre-primary education
- Intellectual property payments (% total trade)
- Intellectual property receipts (% total trade)
- Printing and publishing output (% manufactured output)
- Research institutions prominence
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
117
41.35
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
116
41.95
Higher
Education
101
37.95
Research, Development
and Innovation
115
22.57
Information and
Communications Technology
116
31.43
Economy
118
42.8
Enabling
Environment
100
47.94
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GKI Pillars
