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Lao PDR — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Lao PDR, 1984–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2,325
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +381.3% since 1984
GDP per capita for Lao PDR was 2,325 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 42 years, from 1984 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2,589 in 2019. The lowest was 147 in 1988 (about 15.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.91% per year.
Lao PDR ranks 172 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 81%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 8,489, so Lao PDR sits below it. It peaked in 2019 and has fallen 10% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 10%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2,325
First (1984)
483
Change
+381.3%
Highest
2,589
in 2019
Lowest
147
in 1988
Average
1,043
Annual growth (CAGR)
3.91%
Years of data
42
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,324.76 |
| 2024 | 2,123.98 |
| 2023 | 2,066.95 |
| 2022 | 2,046.4 |
| 2021 | 2,526.05 |
| 2020 | 2,583.78 |
| 2019 | 2,589.32 |
| 2018 | 2,545.11 |
| 2017 | 2,432.43 |
| 2016 | 2,303.22 |
| 2015 | 2,121.01 |
| 2014 | 1,981.04 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. 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.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.