Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Laos
Laos: Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp was 99.32 in 2018. ▬ Flat
Latest (2018)
99.32
World rank
34th
of 119 countries
All-time high
99.97
in 1997
All-time low
99.32
in 2018
Years of data
6
1992–2018
Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Laos, 1992–2018
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2018, poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Laos stood at 99.32. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Laos peaked at 99.97 in 1997 and was at its lowest, 99.32, in 2018.
Laos ranks 34th of 119 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.95 | 99.93 | 99.97 | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.89 | 99.85 | 99.92 | 2 |
| 2010s | 99.56 | 99.32 | 99.79 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Laos
More poverty & inequality data for Laos
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 2 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 2.42 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 4,196 (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 10.62 (2022)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.475 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 16.95 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.1345 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.1345 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1577 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.2356 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Laos?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Laos was 99.32 in 2018, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 99.97 in 1997.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.32 in 2018.
- How does Laos rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp?
- Laos ranks 34th out of 119 countries with data for 2018.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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