Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Laos
Laos: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.6012 in 2018. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Laos, 1992–2018
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Laos recorded 0.6012 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2018. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Laos peaked at 0.6012 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.5723, in 2012.
That places Laos 15th out of 109 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Laos, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.5738 | — |
| 1997 | 0.5847 | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 0.5733 | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.5841 | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 0.5723 | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 0.6012 | +5.0% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 0.6012 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5666, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Laos's 0.6012 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.5317, 1.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5793 | 0.5738 | 0.5847 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5787 | 0.5733 | 0.5841 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.5867 | 0.5723 | 0.6012 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Laos
More poverty & inequality data for Laos
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.42 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,196 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 10.62 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 10.6% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Laos?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Laos was 0.6012 in 2018, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6012 in 2018.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5723 in 2012.
- How does Laos rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Laos ranks 15th out of 109 countries with data for 2018.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.