Lao PDR — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Lao PDR, 1978–2024.
Infant mortality for Lao PDR was 27.2 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 47 years, from 1978 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 135.1 in 1978. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.42% per year.
Lao PDR ranks 53 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 27%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 14.4, so Lao PDR sits above it. It peaked in 1978 and has fallen 80% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 35%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 5 of 30 economies; Fiji (23.5) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 5% in 2008. That is 19% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 17th of 176 in 1978 → 16th of 179 in 1980 → 17th of 196 in 1990 → 30th of 196 in 2000 → 35th of 196 in 2010 → 49th of 196 in 2020 → 53rd of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1978 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27.2 | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 28.2 | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 29.3 | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 30.5 | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 31.9 | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 33.3 | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 34.8 | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 36.4 | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 38.1 | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 39.9 | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 41.9 | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 44 | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 46.2 | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 48.6 | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 51.2 | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 53.9 | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 56.8 | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 59.9 | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 63 | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 66.2 | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 69.5 | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 72.8 | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 76 | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 79.2 | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 82.2 | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 85.2 | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 88.1 | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 90.9 | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 93.7 | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 96.6 | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 99.4 | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 102.4 | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 105.3 | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 108.2 | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 111 | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 113.7 | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 116.2 | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 118.6 | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 120.6 | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 122.7 | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 124.6 | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 126.3 | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 128.1 | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 129.9 | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 131.5 | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 133.4 | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 135.1 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Lao PDR’s Infant mortality in 1979?
133.4 (1979). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Lao PDR’s Infant mortality figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — per 1,000 live births — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Lao PDR’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1978 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -79.9% in total — about 3.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. 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: 2024: 27.2; 2023: 28.2; 2022: 29.3; 2021: 30.5; 2020: 31.9. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.DYN.IMRT.IN — Infant Mortality Rate. 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.