Poverty Headcount / Laos
Laos Poverty Headcount
Laos poverty headcount data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 15.00%.
COUNTRY: Laos
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-07-06 05:11:11
GM ECONOMY RATING
Laos · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
53 / 100
Fragile stability
Fiscal stability
3.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
16.0 / 20
External stability
8.0 / 15
Financial robustness
n/a
Structural stability
10.0 / 15
Future capacity
8.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
3.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 86% of weighted inputs available.
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Laos · poverty headcount data as percent of GDP.
Latest
15.00%
Previous
18.30%
Range avg.
16.65%
Rank
56
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CountryLaos
IndicatorPoverty Headcount
15.00%2024 · Rank 56
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All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Laos recorded 15.00% for Poverty Headcount in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2018, the indicator decreased by 3.30 percentage points, from 18.30% to 15.00%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 2 available observations (16.65%).
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