East Asia & Pacific · Lower middle income · LAO
Lao People's Democratic Republic
3,922 datasets on Lao People's Democratic Republic from World Bank, IMF, Ember, OECD, UCDP, WHO, UNHCR, IATI, each with its publisher, unit and history.
Headline figures
GDP (current US$)
18.30B
current USD · 2025 · World Bank
GDP per capita (current US$)
2324.76
current USD · 2025 · World Bank
GDP growth (annual %)
4.54
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
7.74
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Population, total
7.87M
people · 2025 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth (years)
69.22
years · 2024 · World Bank
Mortality rate, under-5
29.40
per 1,000 live births · 2024 · World Bank
Unemployment, total (% of labor force)
1.19
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day
7.10
percent · 2024 · World Bank
Access to electricity
96.50
percent · 2024 · World Bank
Individuals using the Internet
65.59
percent · 2024 · World Bank
Primary completion rate, total
85.25
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
33.21
percent · 2016 · World Bank
Current health expenditure
1.33
percent · 2023 · World Bank
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita
3.35
t CO2e per capita · 2024 · World Bank
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Sources
- World Bank3,785 series
- IMF78 series
- Ember38 series
- OECD6 series
- UCDP5 series
- WHO4 series
- UNHCR3 series
- IATI3 series
The full brief for Lao People's Democratic Republic, with rankings against its peers, publisher disagreements and development finance by funder and project, is on the Interva desk.