Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled was 10.62 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1988–2022
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
In 2022, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Lao People's Democratic Republic stood at 10.62.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and down 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 14.51 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 3.07, in 1990.
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 155th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 4.58 | — |
| 1989 | 3.21 | -29.9% |
| 1990 | 3.07 | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 3.77 | +22.8% |
| 1992 | 3.6 | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 3.27 | -9.2% |
| 1994 | 3.87 | +18.3% |
| 1995 | 3.81 | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 4.1 | +7.6% |
| 1997 | 3.59 | -12.4% |
| 1998 | 5.75 | +60.2% |
| 1999 | 6.61 | +15.0% |
| 2000 | 7.74 | +17.1% |
| 2001 | 8.68 | +12.1% |
| 2002 | 7.68 | -11.5% |
| 2003 | 7.21 | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 7.3 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 7.58 | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 8.19 | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 9.26 | +13.0% |
| 2008 | 10.02 | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 11.69 | +16.7% |
| 2010 | 12.1 | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 12.66 | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 13.37 | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 13.5 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 14.51 | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 13.76 | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 12.43 | -9.7% |
| 2017 | 12.24 | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 12.81 | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 10.88 | -15.0% |
| 2020 | 9.4 | -13.6% |
| 2021 | 10.25 | +9.0% |
| 2022 | 10.62 | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3.9 | 3.21 | 4.58 | 2 |
| 1990s | 4.14 | 3.07 | 6.61 | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.53 | 7.21 | 11.69 | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.83 | 10.88 | 14.51 | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.09 | 9.4 | 10.62 | 3 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Lao People's Democratic Republic
- 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 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)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 3.57 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 10.62 in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 14.51 in 2014.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.07 in 1990.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 155th out of 187 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lao People's Democratic Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Tax revenues vs income inequality with 52 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
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- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
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About this data
Tax revenues vs income inequality with 52 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.