Official development assistance grants for poverty … recipient in Laos
Laos: Official development assistance grants for poverty … recipient was 0.4854 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
0.4854
Change on year
down 21.7%
World rank
56th
of 158 countries
All-time high
1.38
in 2001
All-time low
0.4854
in 2024
Years of data
25
2000–2024
Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by in Laos, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Laos recorded 0.4854 for official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 21.7% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by in Laos peaked at 1.38 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.4854, in 2024.
That places Laos 56th out of 158 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Official development assistance grants for poverty … recipient in Laos, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.25 | — |
| 2001 | 1.38 | +10.4% |
| 2002 | 1.1 | -20.1% |
| 2003 | 1.37 | +25.0% |
| 2004 | 1.18 | -14.3% |
| 2005 | 1.36 | +15.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8896 | -34.5% |
| 2007 | 1.14 | +28.6% |
| 2008 | 1.12 | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8539 | -23.8% |
| 2010 | 0.7947 | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 0.9112 | +14.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8518 | -6.5% |
| 2013 | 0.6629 | -22.2% |
| 2014 | 0.6007 | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 0.586 | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.5421 | -7.5% |
| 2017 | 0.544 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.5283 | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 0.5624 | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 0.577 | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 0.7813 | +35.4% |
| 2022 | 0.5998 | -23.2% |
| 2023 | 0.6195 | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 0.4854 | -21.7% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 0.4854 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2908, 1.7× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Laos's 0.4854 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.4887, 99% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.16 | 0.8539 | 1.38 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6584 | 0.5283 | 0.9112 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6126 | 0.4854 | 0.7813 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Laos
- 53 Cook Islands 0.5281 compare
- 54 Sudan 0.5028 compare
- 55 Mongolia 0.4921 compare
- 56 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.4854 compare
- 58 United Republic of Tanzania 0.4276 compare
- 59 Senegal 0.4238 compare
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 official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by in Laos?
- Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by in Laos was 0.4854 in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 1.38 in 2001.
- What is the lowest official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4854 in 2024.
- How does Laos rank for official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by?
- Laos ranks 56th out of 158 countries with data for 2024.
- Is official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by recipient countries (percentage of GNI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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