Data for Lao PDR, Lower middle income 

Social

Indicator
Most recent value
Trend
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Most recent value

(2024)

Lao PDR69
Lower middle in...70

(2024)

Trend
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)
Most recent value

(2024)

Lao PDR7.1
Lower middle in...13.1

(2024)

Trend
Population, total
Population, total
Most recent value

(2025)

Lao PDR7,873,046
Lower middle in...2.95

(2025)

Trend
Population growth (annual %)
Population growth (annual %)
Most recent value

(2025)

Lao PDR1.3
Lower middle in...1.3

(2025)

Trend
Net migration
Net migration
Most recent value

(2025)

Lao PDR-10,645
Lower middle in...-3,118,283

(2025)

Trend
Most recent value

(2020)

Lao PDR0.457

(2020)

Trend

Economic

Indicator
Most recent value
Trend
GDP (current US$)
GDP (current US$)
Most recent value

(2025 billion)

Lao PDR18.3
Lower middle in...7,308.5

(2025 billion)

Trend
GDP per capita (current US$)
GDP per capita (current US$)
Most recent value

(2025)

Lao PDR2,324.8
Lower middle in...2,481.4

(2025)

Trend
GDP growth (annual %)
GDP growth (annual %)
Most recent value

(2025)

Lao PDR4.5
Lower middle in...6.0

(2025)

Trend
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
Most recent value

(2025)

Lao PDR1.2
Lower middle in...4.5

(2025)

Trend
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Most recent value

(2025)

Lao PDR7.7
Lower middle in...3.5

(2025)

Trend
Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)
Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)
Most recent value

(2024)

Lao PDR1.5
Lower middle in...5.7

(2024)

Trend
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Lower middle income

  • Angola
  • Bangladesh
  • Benin
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Comoros
  • Congo, Rep.
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Djibouti
  • Egypt, Arab Rep.
  • Eswatini
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • India
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Kyrgyz Republic
  • Lao PDR
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Mauritania
  • Morocco
  • Myanmar
  • Namibia
  • Nepal
  • Nicaragua
  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Senegal
  • Solomon Islands
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania
  • Timor-Leste
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Venezuela, RB
  • West Bank and Gaza
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe