The invention provides lanthanum borosilicate optical glass taking SiO2, B2O3, La2O3, Nb2O5, ZrO2 and TiO2 as primary ingredients, wherein the optical glass does not contain substances harmful to the environment, for example, lead, thorium, cadmium, arsenic, fluorine and the like, and does not contain valuable materials such as Ta2O5, Gd2O3 and the like; the refractive index (nd) of the optical glass is 1.75-1.77; the abbe number (vd) is 39-41; and the optical glass has the characteristics of being good in crystallization properties, good in pigmentation degree, and suitable for production. Based on the weight percent of the compound, the optical glass contains 8-14% of SiO2, 19-26% of B2O3, 18-23% of La2O3, 0-5% of Y2O3, 2-5% of ZrO2, 5-10% of Nb2O5, 20-25% of BaO, 0-4% of SrO, 0-5% of CaO, 0-2% of ZnO, 0-3% of WO3, 1-5% of TiO2, and 0-1% of Sb2O3, wherein the sum of the contents of La2O3 and Y2O3 is 19-25%; and the sum of the contents of BaO and CaO and SrO is 22-27%.