How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Laos
Laos: How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? was 7.1% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 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 7.1% for how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of down 67.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Laos peaked at 62.0% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 7.1%, in 2024.
Laos ranks 34th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 52.1% | 42.1% | 62.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 39.5% | 36.0% | 43.1% | 2 |
| 2010s | 18.7% | 15.7% | 21.7% | 2 |
| 2020s | 7.1% | 7.1% | 7.1% | 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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 10.6% (2022)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.475 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 16.9% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1345 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1345 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1577 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2356 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Laos?
- How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Laos was 7.1% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 62.0% in 1997.
- What is the lowest how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.1% in 2024.
- How does Laos rank for how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty??
- Laos ranks 34th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty?. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.