🇱🇦 Lao PDR
East Asia & Pacific · Capital: Vientiane
Money4.3 / 10
Health2.0 / 10
Quality of life2.0 / 10
Passport1.3 / 10
average of the section's indicators; 5.0 is exactly mid-list
◉Money4.3 / 10
GDP per capita, PPP$10,383138 of 200World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD · 2025
GNI per capita$2,150164 of 204World Bank · NY.GNP.PCAP.CD · 2025
GDP growth4.5 %62 of 212World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2025
Inflation7.7 %156 of 190World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2025
Unemployment1.2 %8 of 187World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · 2025
Income inequality (Gini)34.777 of 151World Bank · SI.POV.GINI · 2024
Reserves$2B126 of 177World Bank · FI.RES.TOTL.CD · 2024
◈Safety
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✚Health2.0 / 10
Life expectancy69.2 yr159 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN · 2024
Infant mortality per 100027.2144 of 196World Bank · SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · 2024
Health spending per capita$27.42187 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · 2023
Health spending1.3 % GDP193 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · 2023
Physicians per 10000.33145 of 189World Bank · SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · 2022
Hospital beds per 10001.7101 of 158World Bank · SH.MED.BEDS.ZS · 2023
☀Quality of life2.0 / 10
Internet users65.6 %144 of 208World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS · 2024
Education spending1.2 % GDP184 of 190World Bank · SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2023
Urban population40.3 %172 of 217World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · 2025
⌂Housing
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◍Prices
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⇄Trade
Exports of goods and services$5B132 of 188World Bank · NE.EXP.GNFS.CD · 2016
Imports of goods and services$7B134 of 188World Bank · NE.IMP.GNFS.CD · 2016
Trade to GDP75.1 %108 of 188World Bank · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · 2016
Foreign direct investment$988,457,80798 of 201World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD · 2024
Inbound tourism886,400 ppl104 of 196World Bank · ST.INT.ARVL · 2020
☗People and environment
Population7.9M102 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
Population growth1.3 %77 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.GROW · 2025
Births per woman2.481 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 10064.8187 of 210World Bank · IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · 2023
Access to electricity96.5 %147 of 215World Bank · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · 2024
CO2 per capita3.4 t115 of 203World Bank · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024
Renewable energy49.2 %50 of 212World Bank · EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · 2022
▤Passport1.3 / 10
No visa needed in advance48 of 198173 of 199
Visa free20 of 198
Visa on arrival25 of 198
Electronic authorisation (eTA)3 of 198
E-visa46 of 198
Visa required104 of 198
passport-index-dataset · visa on arrival and eTA count as no-visa-in-advance; e-visa does not