Exchange rate to the US dollar in Laos
On average in 2025, one US dollar was worth 20,444.137 units of Laos' currency. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Laos, 2025
20,444.137
Change from 2024
+1.4%
Position in 2025
2nd of 194
Exchange rate to the US dollar in Laos over time
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Local currency units per US dollar, annual average. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Laos |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 20,444.137 per US$ |
| 2024 | 20,167.331 per US$ |
| 2023 | 17,688.874 per US$ |
| 2022 | 14,035.227 per US$ |
| 2021 | 9,697.916 per US$ |
| 2020 | 9,045.788 per US$ |
| 2019 | 8,679.409 per US$ |
| 2018 | 8,401.335 per US$ |
| 2017 | 8,244.843 per US$ |
| 2016 | 8,124.367 per US$ |
| 2015 | 8,127.611 per US$ |
| 2014 | 8,042.422 per US$ |
| 2013 | 7,833.230 per US$ |
| 2012 | 8,006.582 per US$ |
| 2011 | 8,029.263 per US$ |
| 2010 | 8,254.163 per US$ |
| 2009 | 8,511.351 per US$ |
| 2008 | 8,740.181 per US$ |
| 2007 | 9,602.729 per US$ |
| 2006 | 10,153.624 per US$ |
| 2005 | 10,655.167 per US$ |
| 2004 | 10,585.375 per US$ |
| 2003 | 10,569.038 per US$ |
| 2002 | 10,056.333 per US$ |
| 2001 | 8,954.583 per US$ |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.4% from 20,167.331 per US$ in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 8,127.611 per US$, the figure has changed by +151.5%.
- Among the 194 countries with data for 2025, Laos has the 2nd highest value.