Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Laos
Laos: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 98.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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
Laos recorded 98.7% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Laos peaked at 99.8% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 98.6%, in 2018.
Laos ranks 34th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Laos, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 99.7% | — |
| 1997 | 99.8% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 99.8% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 99.6% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 99.3% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 98.6% | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 98.7% | +0.0% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 98.7% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 99.1%, 100% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Laos's 98.7% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 89.0%, 1.1× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.8% | 99.7% | 99.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.7% | 99.6% | 99.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 99.0% | 98.6% | 99.3% | 2 |
| 2020s | 98.7% | 98.7% | 98.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Laos
More poverty & inequality data for Laos
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day in Laos?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Laos was 98.7% 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 $30 a day recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 2002.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.6% in 2018.
- How does Laos rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Laos ranks 34th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. 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 $30 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 $30 per day.