Industry (including construction), value added in Laos
Laos: Industry (including construction), value added was 4.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Industry (including construction), value added in Laos, 2001–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
In 2025, industry (including construction), value added in Laos stood at 4.8%.
The figure is up 29.5% on the previous year and down 31.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, industry (including construction), value added in Laos peaked at 19.4% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2023.
Laos ranks 59th of 198 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.4% | 7.6% | 18.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 10.8% | 5.6% | 19.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 2.6% | 7.6% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Laos
- DEC alternative conversion factor 20,444 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 12.36 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 604.50 million current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 39.84 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 1.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -20.95 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -1.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 44.87 million current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 2,150 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 353.24 trillion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is industry (including construction), value added in Laos?
- Industry (including construction), value added in Laos was 4.8% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest industry (including construction), value added recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 19.4% in 2010.
- What is the lowest industry (including construction), value added recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2023.
- How does Laos rank for industry (including construction), value added?
- Laos ranks 59th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is industry (including construction), value added rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Industry (including construction), value added (annual % growth). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Industry (including construction) corresponds to ISIC (Rev.4) divisions 05-43. It is comprised of mining, manufacturing, construction, electricity, water, and gas industries. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.