Lao PDR
Lao PDR in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Lao PDR recorded GDP per capita: 2,325 (2025), ranking 172 of 212 worldwide; Population: 7.87 million (2025), ranking 102 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 69.2 (2024), ranking 159 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 7.74% (2025), ranking 34 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, CO2 per capita shows the largest increase (+2973%) and Inflation the largest decrease (-87%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 8 of 19 comparable series are higher and 11 are lower.
Its population of 7.87 million (2025) makes it a smaller population by the standards of this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 18,302,970,218.59 | 2025 | +941.6% |
| GDP per capita | 2,324.76 | 2025 | +381.3% |
| GDP growth | 4.54% | 2025 | -10.5% |
| Population | 7,873,046 | 2025 | +271.1% |
| Population growth | 1.32% | 2025 | -41.3% |
| Urban population | 40.31% | 2025 | +413.7% |
| Life expectancy | 69.22 | 2024 | +68.7% |
| Infant mortality | 27.2 | 2024 | -79.9% |
| CO2 per capita | 3.35 | 2024 | +2973.1% |
| Inflation | 7.74% | 2025 | -87.4% |
| GDP (PPP) | 81,745,829,310.99 | 2025 | +1773.3% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 10,383 | 2025 | +926.0% |
| Labor participation | 66.09% | 2025 | +5.8% |
| Unemployment | 1.19% | 2025 | -52.5% |
| Electricity access | 96.5% | 2024 | +211.3% |
| Internet users | 65.59% | 2024 | — |
| Forest area | 71.46% | 2023 | -7.6% |
| Education spending | 1.23% | 2023 | -47.2% |
| Health spending | 1.33% | 2023 | -69.0% |