Lao PDR — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Lao PDR, 1989–2025.
Latest value · 2025
7.74%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) · annual % · -87.4% since 1989
Inflation for Lao PDR was 7.74% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 37 years, from 1989 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 125.27% in 1999. The lowest was 0.14% in 2009 (about 54.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -5.59% per year.
Lao PDR ranks 34 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 18%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 2.21%, so Lao PDR sits above it. It peaked in 1999 and has fallen 94% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 506%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
7.74%
First (1989)
61.33%
Change
-87.4%
Highest
125.27%
in 1999
Lowest
0.14%
in 2009
Average
17.21%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-5.59%
Years of data
37
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.74% |
| 2024 | 23.13% |
| 2023 | 31.23% |
| 2022 | 22.96% |
| 2021 | 3.76% |
| 2020 | 5.1% |
| 2019 | 3.32% |
| 2018 | 2.04% |
| 2017 | 0.83% |
| 2016 | 1.6% |
| 2015 | 1.28% |
| 2014 | 4.13% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services. A negative value means deflation. 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
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (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.