Lao PDR Poverty Rate 1992-2025

Lao PDR poverty rate for 2018 was 70.50%, a 8.3% decline from 2012.
  • Lao PDR poverty rate for 2012 was 78.80%, a 9.5% decline from 2007.
  • Lao PDR poverty rate for 2007 was 88.30%, a 3.6% decline from 2002.
  • Lao PDR poverty rate for 2002 was 91.90%, a 2.7% decline from 1997.
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
Country Rankings
Country Name Percent Under US 5.50 Per Day
Niger 95.00%
Tanzania 92.30%
Nigeria 90.80%
Sierra Leone 89.90%
Chad 89.40%
Guinea-Bissau 87.20%
Burkina Faso 87.20%
Guinea 86.80%
Pakistan 84.50%
Togo 84.00%
Benin 83.60%
India 82.70%
Mali 81.00%
Angola 78.00%
Senegal 74.40%
Lao PDR 70.50%
Kyrgyz Republic 66.10%
Indonesia 64.60%
Georgia 53.90%
Philippines 53.50%
Honduras 51.30%
Armenia 48.90%
Mongolia 38.30%
Colombia 33.90%
El Salvador 33.00%
Peru 30.30%
Mexico 28.80%
China 27.90%
Ecuador 27.80%
Brazil 26.70%
Iran 24.40%
Vietnam 22.20%
Dominican Republic 22.20%
North Macedonia 20.80%
Paraguay 19.60%
Bolivia 19.10%
Montenegro 18.50%
Albania 18.20%
Serbia 17.20%
Thailand 15.60%
Moldova 14.60%
Kazakhstan 14.30%
Costa Rica 13.90%
Grenada 13.80%
Romania 13.00%
Panama 12.50%
Argentina 10.40%
Turkey 9.60%
Ukraine 9.40%
Jamaica 9.10%
Bulgaria 8.00%
Seychelles 6.70%
Uruguay 4.90%
Greece 3.70%
Slovak Republic 3.40%
Malaysia 3.40%
Israel 3.20%
Italy 3.20%
Latvia 3.00%
Lithuania 2.90%
Hungary 2.80%
Spain 2.70%
Croatia 2.70%
Russia 2.60%
Portugal 2.10%
Belarus 1.90%
United States 1.70%
Poland 1.40%
Sweden 1.40%
Austria 1.20%
Estonia 1.10%
Australia 1.00%
United Kingdom 0.70%
South Korea 0.70%
Canada 0.70%
Luxembourg 0.70%
Norway 0.50%
UAE 0.40%
Netherlands 0.40%
Denmark 0.30%
Malta 0.30%
Belgium 0.20%
Switzerland 0.20%
Cyprus 0.20%
Czech Republic 0.20%
Germany 0.20%
Finland 0.20%
Slovenia 0.10%
France 0.10%
Ireland 0.10%