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🇱🇦 Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
LAO LA ₭ Lao kip (LAK)
Every statistic we track for Laos — 96 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$10,964
65.8 yrs
5.51
0.11
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📈 Economy
| Account Ownership | 37.7% | #128/139 | 2024 |
| Bank Account Ownership | 37.7% | #128/139 | 2024 |
| Bank Branches | 3 | #142/153 | 2024 |
| Current Account Balance | 0.2% | #64/190 | 2026 |
| Debit Card Ownership | 28.4% | #94/140 | 2024 |
| Digital Payments Usage | 26.5% | #83/97 | 2024 |
| Exchange Rate (per US$) | 20,167.3 | #3/197 | 2024 |
| Extreme Poverty | 0% | #138/237 | 2023 |
| Fiscal Balance | 0.4% | #25/189 | 2026 |
| GDP (current US$) | 19 | #135/190 | 2026 |
| GDP (PPP) | 86.5 | #109/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita | 2,403 | #154/190 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita (Long Run) | 7,168 | #111/165 | 2022 |
| GDP per Capita (PPP) | 10,964 | #130/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita Growth | 5.5% | #15/184 | 2019 |
| Government Debt | 74.6% | #43/185 | 2026 |
| Income per Person | 4,053 | #130/183 | 2018 |
| Income per Person | 4,053 | #130/183 | 2018 |
| Inflation (CPI) | 9.6% | #21/191 | 2026 |
| Made a Digital Payment | 7.6% | #138/144 | 2017 |
| Mobile Money Account | 11.8% | #64/80 | 2024 |
| Real GDP Growth | 4% | #52/191 | 2026 |
| Share of World GDP (PPP) | 0% | #112/191 | 2026 |
| Total GDP (Long Run) | 54,953,902,901 | #104/165 | 2022 |
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 2.4 | #82/217 | 2024 |
| Median Age | 25.3 | #165/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 6.5 | #106/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 7.9 | #98/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 34.5 | #180/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 6,489 | #73/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 39.6% | #169/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 96.5% | #149/214 | 2023 |
| Internet Users | 65.6% | #128/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 63.4 | #186/209 | 2022 |
| Read News Online | 46.7% | #33/75 | 2024 |
🫀 Health
| Adult Obesity | 8.3% | #177/199 | 2022 |
| Alcohol Consumption per Capita | 5.6 | #91/207 | 2022 |
| Child Mortality (under-5) | 2.9 | #60/199 | 2024 |
| Health Spending (QoG) | 2% | #188/189 | 2022 |
| Hypertension Prevalence | 28.5% | #178/194 | 2019 |
| Infant Mortality (QoG) | 35.2 | #35/191 | 2023 |
| Life Expectancy | 65.8 | #135/188 | 2013 |
| Life Expectancy | 69.1 | #130/186 | 2020 |
| Suicide Rate | 5 | #131/185 | 2021 |
| Tobacco Use Prevalence | 26.8% | #45/167 | 2022 |
| Universal Health Coverage Index | 64 | #133/195 | 2023 |
🎓 Education
| Adult Literacy | 75.6% | #29/31 | 2023 |
| Education Spending (QoG) | 1.2% | #106/112 | 2023 |
| Mean Years of Schooling | 6.1 | #127/146 | 2020 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 3.4 | #89/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 881 | #99/149 | 2023 |
| Renewable Electricity | 76.7% | #35/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
| Civil Liberties (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #173/179 | 2025 |
| Clean Elections (V-Dem) | 0.2 | #128/179 | 2025 |
| Control of Corruption (QoG) | -1 | #152/192 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index | 33 | #115/179 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index (QoG) | 33 | #114/177 | 2024 |
| Deliberative Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #160/179 | 2025 |
| Egalitarian Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #156/179 | 2025 |
| Electoral Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #164/179 | 2025 |
| Freedom House Status (QoG) | 3 | #31/193 | 2024 |
| Freedom in the World Score | 13 | #172/196 | 2024 |
| Freedom of Expression (V-Dem) | 0 | #173/179 | 2025 |
| Gender Equality (V-Dem) | 0.5 | #153/179 | 2025 |
| Government Effectiveness (QoG) | -0.6 | #134/192 | 2024 |
| Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem) | 0.6 | #104/179 | 2025 |
| Liberal Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #140/179 | 2025 |
| Participatory Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #143/179 | 2025 |
| Political Corruption (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #43/179 | 2025 |
| Press Freedom (RSF) (QoG) | 33.8 | #147/173 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law (V-Dem) | 0.3 | #122/179 | 2025 |
| Voice & Accountability (QoG) | -1.5 | #171/192 | 2024 |
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 32.5 | #151/177 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Homicide Rate | 6.2 | #75/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 16.4 | #64/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Climate Seen as a Threat | 63.2% | #138/142 | 2023 |
| Confident Can Protect Family | 50.1% | #59/142 | 2023 |
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 0.4 | #128/193 | 2025 |
| Experienced a Disaster | 26.4% | #69/142 | 2023 |
| Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) | 14.4% | #21/139 | 2023 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 3.8 | #92/191 | 2025 |
| Resilience to Risk (WRP) | 54.6 | #61/141 | 2023 |
| World Risk Index | 3 | #122/193 | 2025 |
| Worry About Violent Crime | 48.6% | #121/142 | 2023 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Happiness (Cantril Ladder) | 5.5 | #92/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Freedom | 1.1 | #19/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: GDP | 1.4 | #104/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Generosity | 0.1 | #45/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy | 0.6 | #83/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Low Corruption | 0.2 | #43/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Social Support | 0.9 | #119/147 | 2025 |
| Human Development Index | 0.6 | #147/193 | 2023 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Believe Vaccines Are Effective | 90.9% | #26/143 | 2018 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Safe | 92.4% | #12/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Science | 56.3% | #125/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Scientists | 53.5% | #112/143 | 2018 |
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