Lao PDR — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Lao PDR, 1984–2025.
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%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 33 of 36 economies; Solomon Islands (2,086) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 46% in 1988.
Data highlights
From its 1984 level: doubled by 2010. Doubling roughly every 18 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 130th of 166 in 1984 → 184th of 192 in 1990 → 182nd of 204 in 2000 → 177th of 212 in 2010 → 155th of 210 in 2020 → 150th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1984 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,324.76 | +9.5% |
| 2024 | 2,123.98 | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 2,066.95 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 2,046.4 | -19.0% |
| 2021 | 2,526.05 | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 2,583.78 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,589.32 | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 2,545.11 | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 2,432.43 | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 2,303.22 | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 2,121.01 | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 1,981.04 | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 1,812.52 | +15.9% |
| 2012 | 1,563.57 | +14.8% |
| 2011 | 1,361.55 | +20.9% |
| 2010 | 1,125.92 | +20.4% |
| 2009 | 935.03 | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 885.75 | +27.0% |
| 2007 | 697.32 | +20.4% |
| 2006 | 579.39 | +24.3% |
| 2005 | 466.06 | +13.9% |
| 2004 | 409.3 | +15.3% |
| 2003 | 355.1 | +13.3% |
| 2002 | 313.35 | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 320.32 | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 318.75 | +17.0% |
| 1999 | 272.33 | +11.6% |
| 1998 | 243.92 | -28.1% |
| 1997 | 339.09 | -8.7% |
| 1996 | 371.34 | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 357.76 | +11.5% |
| 1994 | 320.97 | +13.3% |
| 1993 | 283.4 | +14.6% |
| 1992 | 247.35 | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 231.81 | +15.5% |
| 1990 | 200.73 | +17.8% |
| 1989 | 170.38 | +15.8% |
| 1988 | 147.07 | -46.5% |
| 1987 | 274.73 | -40.5% |
| 1986 | 461.91 | -27.0% |
| 1985 | 632.8 | +31.0% |
| 1984 | 483.02 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Lao PDR’s GDP per capita in 1985?
632.8 (1985). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Lao PDR’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Lao PDR’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1984 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +381.3% in total — about 3.9% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 2,324.76; 2024: 2,123.98; 2023: 2,066.95; 2022: 2,046.4; 2021: 2,526.05. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.