Health in Laos

1,068 indicators covering health for Laos.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Deaths from terrorist attacks by method of attack stacked bar 0 2021 21st
Terrorism deaths rate 0 2021 59th
Deaths from terrorist attacks by method 0 2021 21st
Prevalence of HIV, total 0.4% 2024 up 33.3% 69th
People using safely managed sanitation services, urban 69.3% 2024 up 17.1% 47th
External health expenditure channeled through government 89.5% 2019 up 47.7% 17th
Mortality from ncds sdgs 26.5 2021 down 7.3% 19th
Mortality from ncds gender 29.9 2021 down 8.3% 26th
Healthy life expectancy at birth 60.41 2021 up 4.7% 119th
Death rates from mental and substance disorders by age who 0 2021 1st
Death rate from cardiomyopathy myocarditis endocarditis who ghe age st 4.48 2021 down 13.3% 115th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 23.1% 2021 down 6.5% 30th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 29.9% 2021 down 8.3% 26th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 26.5% 2021 down 7.3% 19th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 0.35 per 100,000 population 2021 down 14.6% 110th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 0.21 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 16.0% 118th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 0.48 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 15.8% 112th
Suicide mortality rate, female 2.59 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 12.8% 123rd
Suicide mortality rate, male 6.55 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 3.0% 132nd
Suicide mortality rate 4.58 per 100,000 population 2021 down 6.0% 133rd
Nurses and midwives 1.03 per 1,000 people 2023 up 8.3% 159th
Share of women among the population living with hiv 36 2024 down 9.0% 83rd
Population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and technologies 4.6 2023 up 3.2% 50th
Proportion of population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and 97.1% 2023 down 1.8% 34th
Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for 0.1373 2023 up 177.0% 132nd
Diabetes prevalence who gho 7.7 2014 up 20.3% 104th
Child mortality rate ihme 4.09 2019 down 44.1% 44th
Neonatal mortality ihme 1.99 2019 down 33.0% 44th
Number of neonatal deaths ihme 3,469 2019 down 33.0% 65th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol) 4.53 2020 up 3.0% 21st
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol) 10.82 2020 up 3.8% 15th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol) 17.08 2020 up 4.0% 17th
Low-birthweight babies 16.7% 2020 down 3.1% 20th
Antiretroviral therapy coverage among people living with hiv 64 2024 up 137.0% 97th
Diabetes treatment coverage, crude 38.09 2022 up 5.8% 113th
Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized 11.5 2022 up 59.5% 106th
Prevalence of diabetes, crude 9.55 2022 up 73.0% 148th
Diabetes treatment coverage, age-standardized 40.33 2022 up 6.0% 106th
Inequality in life expectancy 0.1967 2023 down 24.1% 48th
Inequality in life expectancy vs health expenditure per capita 0.1967 2023 down 24.1% 48th
Child mortality under five death rate by wealth group 3.02 2024 down 38.3% 56th
Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care 20.5% 2022 down 66.5% 51st
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care 26.0% 2022 down 59.6% 56th
Maternal mortality ratio vs gdp per capita 126.06 2020 down 55.5% 59th
Maternal mortality slope chart 126.06 2020 down 55.5% 60th
The maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020 126.06 2020 down 55.5% 60th
Number of maternal deaths by region 206.74 2020 down 57.4% 71st
Maternal mortality vs births attended by health staff 126.06 2020 down 55.5% 60th
Maternal mortality vs neonatal mortality 126.06 2020 down 55.5% 60th
Maternal deaths by income group 206.74 2020 down 57.4% 71st
Maternal mortality vs fertility 126.06 2020 down 55.5% 60th
Maternal deaths ihme 206.74 2020 down 57.4% 71st
Maternal mortality ratio vs mean daily income 126.06 2020 down 55.5% 59th
Proportion of population with primary reliance on fuels and 69.5% 2023 down 15.0% 55th
Population with primary reliance on fuels and technologies for 3.29 2023 down 10.7% 47th
Hib (Hib3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 67.0% 2025 down 18.3% 171st
Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis third-dose  (DTP3) 67.0% 2025 down 18.3% 172nd
Measles-containing-vaccine first-dose (MCV1) immunization coverage 58.0% 2025 down 25.6% 179th
Hepatitis B (HepB3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 67.0% 2025 down 18.3% 167th
Measles-containing-vaccine second-dose (MCV2) immunization coverage 58.0% 2025 162nd