Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Laos

15.0% of people in Laos lived below the national poverty line in 2024.

Measure: Poverty rate at national poverty lines Unit: % of population Data: 2018 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Laos, 2024 15.0% % of population
Change from 2018 −3.3percentage points 2018: 18.3%

Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Laos over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at national poverty lines (% of population), 2018 to 2024
Period Laos
2024 15.0%
2018 18.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 18.3% in 2018, a change of −3.3 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.NAHC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2018 to 2024 for Laos
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources