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Lao PDR — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Lao PDR, 1985–2025.
Latest value · 2025
4.54%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -10.5% since 1985
GDP growth for Lao PDR was 4.54% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 41 years, from 1985 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 14.19% in 1989. The lowest was -2.01% in 1988 (about -2.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.28% per year.
Lao PDR ranks 62 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 29%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 3.62%, so Lao PDR sits above it. It peaked in 1989 and has fallen 68% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 38%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
4.54%
First (1985)
5.07%
Change
-10.5%
Highest
14.19%
in 1989
Lowest
-2.01%
in 1988
Average
5.93%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.28%
Years of data
41
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.54% |
| 2024 | 4.13% |
| 2023 | 3.75% |
| 2022 | 2.71% |
| 2021 | 2.53% |
| 2020 | 0.5% |
| 2019 | 5.46% |
| 2018 | 6.25% |
| 2017 | 6.89% |
| 2016 | 7.02% |
| 2015 | 7.27% |
| 2014 | 7.61% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.