Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Laos
Laos: Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants was 0.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Laos, 2000–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Laos is 0.5%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 21.0% on the previous year and down 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Laos peaked at 1.4% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2024.
Laos ranks 52nd of 149 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Laos, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.2% | — |
| 2001 | 1.4% | +10.4% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | -20.3% |
| 2003 | 1.4% | +24.5% |
| 2004 | 1.2% | -13.9% |
| 2005 | 1.4% | +15.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | -34.6% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | +28.1% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | -24.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | +15.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | -6.6% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | -22.4% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | -9.1% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | -8.5% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | +34.5% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | -23.1% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | -21.0% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 0.5% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3%, 1.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Laos's 0.5% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.5%, 1.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.2% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 5 |
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 share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Laos?
- Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Laos was 0.5% in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 2001.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2024.
- How does Laos rank for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants?
- Laos ranks 52nd out of 149 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by recipient countries (percentage of GNI).