Employment-to-population ratio in Laos
The ILO estimates that 65.3% of people aged 15 and over in Laos were employed in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Laos, 2025
65.3%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
57.9%
Position in 2025
37th of 181
Employment-to-population ratio in Laos over time
View
Laos
World
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | Laos | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65.3% | 57.9% |
| 2024 | 65.2% | 58.0% |
| 2023 | 65.2% | 58.1% |
| 2022 | 65.2% | 57.5% |
| 2021 | 63.3% | 56.7% |
| 2020 | 61.4% | 55.7% |
| 2019 | 60.6% | 57.6% |
| 2018 | 59.2% | 57.7% |
| 2017 | 57.8% | 57.7% |
| 2016 | 58.3% | 57.8% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 65.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 58.8%, the figure has changed by +6.5 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Laos has the 37th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.9%.
More for Laos
All statistics for Laos
Labour force participation
66.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
1.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
2.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
61.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
68.6%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
7.4%
2025 · World Bank