Poverty & Inequality in Laos 91 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Laos. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys 2025 unchanged 76th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 13.6% 74th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 21.2% 45th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.42 live births per woman 2023 down 15.7% 85th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,196 kg per hectare 2024 down 6.9% 59th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 25.1% 33rd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year 2024 down 68.9% 63rd Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 10.62 2022 down 20.6% 155th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 10.6% 2022 down 20.6% 155th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2022 down 47.7% 73rd Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 3.57 % change on previous year 2022 down 36.7% 70th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Gender Inequality Index 0.475 2023 down 8.1% 54th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 16.9% 2023 down 38.2% 126th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1345 2023 down 17.3% 61st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1345 2023 down 17.3% 61st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1577 2023 down 15.9% 62nd Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 7.1% 2024 down 67.3% 35th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 1.5% 2024 down 70.0% 37th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 22.5% 2024 down 47.9% 31st Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 70.3% 2024 down 14.8% 29th Prosperity gap 5.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2024 down 25.0% 34th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2356 2023 up 10.0% 97th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 5.2% 2024 down 59.7% 35th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 25.3% 2024 down 22.4% 41st Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 27.0% 2024 down 32.2% 30th Population living in slums 54.8% 2022 up 62.2% 26th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.462 2023 up 8.5% 118th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.462 2023 up 8.5% 118th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.462 2023 up 8.5% 118th Proportion of population below international poverty line 7.1% 2024 down 67.3% 36th Three metrics of inequality 60.13 2018 up 2.9% 27th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.6013 2018 up 2.9% 27th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 12.29 2023 down 42.0% 174th Income share held by second 20% 12.0% 2024 up 3.4% 62nd Income share held by third 20% 15.7% 2024 up 1.3% 75th Income share held by fourth 20% 21.3% 2024 unchanged 95th Income share held by highest 20% 43.1% 2024 down 2.3% 53rd Income share held by highest 10% 28.5% 2024 down 1.7% 46th Income share held by lowest 10% 3.3% 2024 up 3.1% 34th Income share held by lowest 20% 7.9% 2024 up 3.9% 36th Gini index 34.7 2024 down 3.6% 56th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 8.1% 2024 down 16.5% 97th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 130.94 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2024 down 63.1% 53rd Poverty gap index at $3 a day 1.5% 2024 down 68.9% 36th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.4854 2024 down 19.2% 55th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.6012 2018 up 2.9% 15th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.6012 2018 up 2.9% 15th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.5% 2024 down 18.3% 52nd Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 6,166 2017 up 109.1% 110th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 48.3% 2018 up 2.8% 31st Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 19.7% 2018 up 4.1% 22nd Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 7.1% 2024 down 67.2% 34th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3475 2024 down 3.4% 53rd Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 553,747 people 2024 down 61.0% 50th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 7.1% 2024 down 67.2% 34th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 7.1% 2024 down 67.2% 34th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 7.1% 2024 down 67.2% 34th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 1.59 million people 2024 up 101.5% 95th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 7.1% 2024 down 67.2% 34th Page 1 of 2 Next →