* Data from the 2024 triennial review
Lao People’s Democratic Republic Snapshot in PDF
LDC status
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Inclusion: 1971Graduation: Scheduled to graduate in 2026 |
Reports and resolutions
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Inclusion |
| CDP report: 1971 | |
| GA resolution: A/RES/2768(XXVI) | |
Graduation |
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| CDP reports: 2018, 2021 | |
| ECOSOC resolution: E/RES/2021/11 | |
| GA resolution: A/RES/76/8 | |
| Graduation assessment: 2021 | |
| Impact assessment: 2021 | |
| Vulnerability profile: 2021 | |
| Country statement: 2021 CDP Plenary statement | |
| Monitoring reports: 2022, 2023, 2024 |
Gross national income (GNI) per capita*
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Value: |
$ 2,503 |
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Thresholds |
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| Inclusion: | $ 1,088 | |||||
| Graduation: | $ 1,306 | |||||
Human assets index (HAI)*
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Index: |
74.8 |
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Thresholds |
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| Inclusion: | 60 or below | |||||
| Graduation: | 66 or above | |||||
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HAI indicators |
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Under-five mortality rate |
Lower secondary education completion rate |
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Value: | 40.4 |  |
Value: | 53.6 | |
| Index: | 81.6 | Index: | 48.4 | |||
| Source: | UN IAG for Child Mortality Estimation | Source: | UNESCO | |||
Prevalence of stunting |
Adult literacy rate |
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Value: | 27.7 |  |
Value: | 87.5 | |
| Index: | 49.6 | Index: | 83.4 | |||
| Source: | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates | Source: | UNESCO | |||
Maternal Mortality Rate |
Gender parity index for lower secondary education completion |
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Value: | 126 |  |
Value: | 1.0 | |
| Index: | 89.9 | Index: | 96.0 | |||
| Source: | UN IAG for Maternal Mortality | Source: | UNESCO | |||
Economic and environmental vulnerability index (EVI)*
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Index: |
29.8 |
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Thresholds |
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| Inclusion: | 36 or above | |||||
| Graduation: | 32 or below | |||||
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EVI indicators |
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Share of agriculture, forestry and fishing in GDP |
Share of population in low elevated coastal zones |
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Value: | 19.6 |  |
Value: | 0.0 | |
| Index: | 31.6 | Index: | 0.0 | |||
| Source: | UN/DESA, Statistics Division | Source: | CIESIN | |||
Remoteness and landlockedness |
Share of population living in drylands |
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Value: | 54.4 |  |
Value: | 0.0 | |
| Index: | 55.5 | Index: | 0.0 | |||
| Source: | CDP Secretariat | Source: | CDP Secretaria | |||
Merchandise export concentration |
Instability of agricultural production |
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Value: | 7.1 |  |
Value: | 5.4 | |
| Index: | 52.4 | Index: | 21.1 | |||
| Source: | UNCTAD | Source: | FAO | |||
Instability of exports of goods and services |
Victims of disasters |
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Value: | 4.8 |  |
Value: | 2.42 | |
| Index: | 9.6 | Index: | 68.0 | |||
| Source: | UN/DESA, Statistics Division | Source: | UNDRR | |||
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