IndicatorLAOLao PDREast Asia & Pacific
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.14rank #145Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Control of Corruption0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)28rank #164Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.06rank #141Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.11rank #137Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.03rank #147Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)40.2rank #148Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.14rank #145Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Military spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.19%rank #152Data 2013 · Status unspecified
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.12rank #124Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)75.3rank #74Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)44.1rank #148Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of Law0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)48.1rank #142Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.35rank #106Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem electoral democracy0-1Our World in Data0.14rank #140Data 2025 · Status unspecified
V-Dem liberal democracy0-1Our World in Data0.11rank #126Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentileWorld Bank (WGI)27.5rank #186Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women in parliament% seatsWorld Bank (WDI)22%rank #103Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-1Our World in Data0.51rank #126Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Economy
Agricultural employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)68.6%rank #6Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)16.6%rank #35Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per workerPenn World Table52,434.5rank #131Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Current account balance% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)11.1%rank #11Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Employment-to-population ratio%ILOSTAT65.4%rank #37Data 2026 · Status unspecified
External debt stocks% GNIWorld Bank (WDI)115.4%rank #106Data 2024 · Status unspecified
FDI net inflows% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)7.7%rank #24Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDPcurrent US$World Bank (WDI)18.3Brank #134Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP growth%World Bank (WDI)4.5%rank #55Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$World Bank (WDI)2,324.8rank #150Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $World Bank (WDI)8,872.7rank #126Data 2025 · Status unspecified
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $UNDP (HDRO)8,106.2rank #129Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Government expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)10.3%rank #108Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Gross capital formation% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)29%rank #39Data 2016 · Status unspecified
Gross savings% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)17.6%rank #113Data 2016 · Status unspecified
High-technology exports% manuf. exportsWorld Bank (WDI)7.4%rank #73Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Human capital indexindexPenn World Table1.9rank #116Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Industry value added% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)29.2%rank #49Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Inflation%World Bank (WDI)7.7%rank #143Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Labour force participation rate%ILOSTAT66.2%rank #51Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Personal remittances received% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)2.6%rank #56Data 2025 · Status unspecified
R&D expenditure% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)0.04%rank #91Data 2002 · Status unspecified
Researchers in R&Dper millionWorld Bank (WDI)15.6rank #59Data 2002 · Status unspecified
Tax revenue% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)12.1%rank #92Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)Penn World Table0.46rank #86Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Trade openness% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)75.1%rank #91Data 2016 · Status unspecified
Unemployment% labor forceWorld Bank (WDI)1.2%rank #8Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%ILOSTAT1.2%rank #8Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable employment% employmentWorld Bank (WDI)76.4%rank #166Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment% ages 15-24World Bank (WDI)2.4%rank #8Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-24ILOSTAT2.5%rank #8Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Trade
Exports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)33.2%rank #92Data 2016 · Status unspecified
Imports of goods & services% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)41.9%rank #90Data 2016 · Status unspecified
Merchandise exportscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)12.38Brank #95Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Merchandise importscurrent US$World Bank (WDI)10.34Brank #113Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Health
Basic drinking water access% popWorld Bank (WDI)95.9%rank #84Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Basic sanitation access% popWorld Bank (WDI)88.7%rank #103Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Child mortalityper 100Our World in Data2.9rank #101Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Daily caloric supply per capitakcalOur World in Data3,188.1rank #60Data 2023 · Status unspecified
DTP3 immunization coverage%UNICEF67%rank #33Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Health spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)1.3%rank #192Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Infant mortalityper 1k birthsWorld Bank (WDI)27.2rank #101Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life expectancyyearsWorld Bank (WDI)69.2rank #159Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Maternal mortalityper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)112rank #60Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Measles immunization% childrenWorld Bank (WDI)69%rank #31Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%UNICEF69%rank #31Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Overweight prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF2.8%rank #3Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Physiciansper 1kWorld Bank (WDI)0.33rank #86Data 2022 · Status unspecified
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m3World Bank (WDI)26rank #140Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Road traffic deathsper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)17.9rank #76Data 2019 · Status unspecified
Smoking prevalence% adultsWorld Bank (WDI)25.4%rank #94Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Stunting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF32.8%rank #23Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Suicide mortality rateper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)4.6rank #50Data 2021 · Status unspecified
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100kWorld Bank (WDI)127rank #102Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k birthsUNICEF29.4rank #138Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Undernourishment% popWorld Bank (WDI)10%rank #36Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Wasting prevalence (under 5)%UNICEF10.7%rank #20Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Education
Adult literacy%World Bank (WDI)75.6%rank #29Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Education spending% GDPWorld Bank (WDI)1.2%rank #116Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Expected years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)9.6rank #175Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Mean years of schoolingyearsUNDP (HDRO)6.1rank #152Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Primary completion rate% relevant ageWorld Bank (WDI)85.2%rank #9Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Primary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)93.1%rank #13Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Secondary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)50.5%rank #8Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Tertiary enrollment% grossWorld Bank (WDI)14.9%rank #114Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,000World Bank (WDI)20.9rank #66Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Fertility ratebirths/womanWorld Bank (WDI)2.4rank #81Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Median age of populationyearsUN WPP24.3rank #151Data 2023 · Estimate
Net migration rateper 1,000UN WPP-1.3rank #146Data 2023 · Estimate
PopulationpeopleWorld Bank (WDI)7.87Mrank #102Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Population growth%World Bank (WDI)1.3%rank #77Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)yearsUN WPP74.2rank #152Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousandsUN WPP9,757.3rank #99Data 2050 · Projection / forecast
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-ageUN WPP54.1rank #114Data 2023 · Estimate
Urban population%World Bank (WDI)40.3%rank #161Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Climate
CO₂ emissionstOur World in Data24.4Mrank #82Data 2024 · Status unspecified
CO₂ per capitatOur World in Data3.1rank #102Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access% popWorld Bank (WDI)96.5%rank #17Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% generationEmber23.3%rank #50Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from hydro% generationEmber76.5%rank #18Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from solar% generationEmber0.17%rank #154Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from wind% generationEmber0%rank #104Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electric power consumptionkWh per capitaWorld Bank (WDI)1,502.5rank #99Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Forest area% landWorld Bank (WDI)56.6%rank #41Data 2024 · Status unspecified
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capitaClimate Watch7rank #131Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWhEmber232.1rank #53Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable electricity%Our World in Data76.7%rank #29Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Renewable energy share%World Bank (WDI)49.2%rank #19Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2eClimate Watch53.8rank #106Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Energy
Electricity access, rural% rural popWorld Bank (WDI)94.2%rank #19Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity access, urban% urban popWorld Bank (WDI)100%rank #1Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Electricity from coal% of outputWorld Bank (WDI)24.2%rank #53Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Energy use per capitakg oil eq.World Bank (WDI)842rank #98Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Environment
Capture fisheries productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)78,795rank #89Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Freshwater withdrawals% internal resourcesWorld Bank (WDI)3.9%rank #63Data 2022 · Status unspecified
Terrestrial protected areas% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)18.8%rank #79Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Agriculture
Agricultural land% land areaWorld Bank (WDI)9.5%rank #177Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Aquaculture productiontonnesWorld Bank (WDI)153,504rank #33Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Cereal yieldkg per hectareWorld Bank (WDI)4,196.4rank #59Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Food production index2014-16 = 100World Bank (WDI)128.1rank #40Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Technology
Fixed telephone subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)16.1rank #58Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Mobile subscriptionsper 100 peopleWorld Bank (WDI)64.8rank #159Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Secure internet serversper 1M peopleWorld Bank (WDI)301.7rank #140Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Society
Asylum seekerspeopleUNHCR466rank #55Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Extreme poverty% popWorld Bank (WDI)7.1%rank #18Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Female labor participation%World Bank (WDI)61.6%rank #41Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 100World Bank (WDI)2.7rank #127Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gender Development IndexratioUNDP (HDRO)0.91rank #83Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gender Inequality Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.48rank #106Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Gini indexindexWorld Bank (WDI)34.7rank #9Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Human Development Index0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.62rank #115Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.46rank #102Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Internet users% popWorld Bank (WDI)65.6%rank #126Data 2024 · Status unspecified
Life satisfaction0-10Our World in Data5.5rank #89Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-1UNDP (HDRO)0.57rank #93Data 2023 · Status unspecified
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0rank #111Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.02rank #84Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.13rank #128Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)World Bank (PIP)0.55rank #154Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Refugees originating (by country of origin)peopleUNHCR6,489rank #105Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Youth NEET rate%ILOSTAT22.7%rank #115Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/yearUCDP5rank #4Data 2000 · Status unspecified
Deaths in armed conflictsdeathsOur World in Data0rank #1Data 2025 · Status unspecified
Hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)2.6rank #20Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Human hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)1.5rank #16Data 2026 · Status unspecified
INFORM risk score0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3.7rank #27Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)5.6rank #46Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.7rank #43Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-10EC JRC (INFORM)6.4rank #45Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Natural hazard & exposure0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3.6rank #23Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/yearUCDP73rank #13Data 2006 · Status unspecified
Socio-economic vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)4.9rank #46Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerability0-10EC JRC (INFORM)3.6rank #26Data 2026 · Status unspecified
Vulnerable groups0-10EC JRC (INFORM)2rank #14Data 2026 · Status unspecified