Lao PDR — Life expectancy
Life Expectancy at Birth for Lao PDR, 1960–2024.
Life expectancy for Lao PDR was 69.2 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1960 to 2024. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 41.0 in 1960 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.82% per year.
Lao PDR ranks 159 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 73%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 73.0, so Lao PDR sits below it. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 4%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 28 of 37 economies; Timor-Leste (67.9) is just below it. That is 2% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 85 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 183rd of 215 in 1960 → 187th of 216 in 1970 → 188th of 216 in 1980 → 186th of 217 in 1990 → 174th of 217 in 2000 → 169th of 217 in 2010 → 156th of 217 in 2020 → 159th of 217 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2024
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 69.22 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 68.96 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 68.72 | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 67.81 | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 68.34 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 67.91 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 67.59 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 67.35 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 67.01 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 66.69 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 66.35 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 65.72 | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 65.13 | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 64.51 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 63.69 | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 63.02 | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 62.25 | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 61.69 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 61.07 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 60.69 | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 60.08 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 59.64 | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 59.3 | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 58.89 | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 58.32 | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 57.87 | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 57.55 | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 57.3 | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 56.82 | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 56.34 | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 55.81 | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 55.58 | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 55.1 | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 54.7 | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 54.04 | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 53.59 | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 53.08 | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 52.6 | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 52.14 | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 51.58 | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 51.01 | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 50.49 | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 49.93 | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 49.24 | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 48.56 | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 47.46 | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 46.83 | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 46.41 | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 46.01 | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 46.15 | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 45.89 | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 44.73 | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 44.42 | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 44.12 | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 43.78 | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 43.46 | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 43.18 | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 42.87 | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 42.35 | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 42.22 | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 41.86 | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 41.54 | -1.7% |
| 1962 | 42.27 | +2.2% |
| 1961 | 41.34 | +0.8% |
| 1960 | 41.04 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Lao PDR’s Life expectancy in 1961?
41.34 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Lao PDR’s Life expectancy figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — years — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Lao PDR’s Life expectancy growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +68.7% in total — about 0.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.DYN.LE00.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: 69.22; 2023: 68.96; 2022: 68.72; 2021: 67.81; 2020: 68.34. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.DYN.LE00.IN — Life Expectancy at Birth. 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.