Price level index in Laos
Laos: Price level index was 22.39 GDP in 2025. ▲ Rising
Price level index in Laos, 1990–2025
Source: World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB). Measured in GDP.
Analysis
Laos recorded 22.39 GDP for price level index in 2025.
The figure is up 3.2% on the previous year and down 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, price level index in Laos peaked at 34.85 GDP in 2015 and was at its lowest, 15.47 GDP, in 1998.
Laos ranks 197th of 203 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.96 GDP | 15.47 GDP | 26.52 GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.06 GDP | 15.51 GDP | 27.08 GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.51 GDP | 29.85 GDP | 34.85 GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.6 GDP | 21.7 GDP | 32.65 GDP | 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 price level index in Laos?
- Price level index in Laos was 22.39 GDP in 2025, according to World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest price level index recorded in Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 34.85 GDP in 2015.
- What is the lowest price level index recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.47 GDP in 1998.
- How does Laos rank for price level index?
- Laos ranks 197th out of 203 countries with data for 2025.
- Is price level index rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Laos data come from?
- The figures come from World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB), published as part of Price level index (GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The price level index (PLI) is the ratio of a purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor to the corresponding market exchange rate between two countries, expressed relative to a base country that is set equal to 100. For this series the base country is the United States. It provides a measure of the differences in price level between the country and the United States by indicating the number of units of the common currency (US dollars) needed to buy the same volume of the aggregation level in each country. At the level of GDP, the price level ratio provides a measure of the differences in the general price levels of countries.