Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Laos
Laos: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 99.3% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Laos, 1992–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Laos is 99.3%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Laos peaked at 100.0% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 99.3%, in 2024.
That places Laos 34th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Laos, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 99.9% | — |
| 1997 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 99.9% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 99.8% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 99.8% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 99.3% | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 99.3% | -0.0% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 99.3% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 99.7%, 100% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Laos's 99.3% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 94.5%, 1.1× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.9% | 99.8% | 99.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 99.5% | 99.3% | 99.8% | 2 |
| 2020s | 99.3% | 99.3% | 99.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Laos
More poverty & inequality data for Laos
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Laos?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Laos was 99.3% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1997.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.3% in 2024.
- How does Laos rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Laos ranks 34th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.