Economy Profile Score Rank Index Edition (imparity = 0, parity = 1) (out of 146 countries) Lao PDR 0.733 54th 2023 Global Gender Gap Index 2023 Edition Overview 2023 2022 Lao PDR score Index and Subindex Score Rank Score Rank average score Economy Global Gender Gap Index 0.733 54th 0.733 53rd 0.851 Economic Participation and Opportunity 0.851 5th 0.883 1st E d s u c c i Educational Attainment t a i 0.140 0.964 l t i o o P n 0.964 107th 0.958 109th Health and Survival 0.975 50th 0.975 55th 0.975 Health Political Empowerment 0.140 101st 0.116 116th Global Gender Gap Index Indicators 2023 Compare with Difference Min Global average Indicator Rank Score* F-M Female vs Male Max 0 1 Min Max Economic Participation and Opportunity 5th 0.851 - - - 0-100 Labour-force participation rate % 20th 0.882 -7.53 56.10 63.63 - Wage equality for similar work 1-7 (best) 14th 0.746 - - 0-150 Estimated earned income int'l $ 1,000 18th 0.791 -1.83 6.92 8.76 0-100 Legislators, senior officials and managers % 1st 1.000 18.08 40.96 59.04 0-100 Professional and technical workers % 1st 1.000 0.84 49.58 50.42 Educational Attainment 107th 0.964 - - - - Literacy rate % 113th 0.905 - - 0-100 Enrolment in primary education % 96th 0.985 -1.38 91.64 93.03 0-200 Enrolment in secondary education % 118th 0.953 -2.87 58.34 61.21 0-200 Enrolment in tertiary education % 1st 1.000 1.76 12.11 13.87 Health and Survival 50th 0.975 - - - - Sex ratio at birth** % 1st 0.944 - - - Healthy life expectancy** years 61st 1.045 - - Political Empowerment 101st 0.140 - - - 0-100 Women in parliament % 87th 0.282 -56.00 22.00 78.00 0-100 Women in ministerial positions % 81st 0.214 -64.71 17.65 82.35 0-50 Years with female/male head of state (last 50) 80th 0.000 -50.00 0 50.00 Global Gender Gap Report 2023 231