Laos, year by year

Every index this site holds for Laos, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.408 → 0.620 (+0.212)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth60.7 → 69.2 (+8.5)

Internet users1 → 66 (+64)

Urban population28 → 40 (+12)

Births per woman3.69 → 2.40 (-1.29)

Renewable share of energy74 → 49 (-25)

Access to electricity57 → 97 (+39)

Infant mortality66 → 27 (-39)

CO2 emissions per person0.2 → 3.4 (+3.1)

Forest area75 → 71 (-3)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 3 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.408	54.0	—	—	6.06	88	—	111	0.1	77.3	—	—
1991	0.414	54.7	—	16	5.99	88	—	108	0.1	77.1	—	—
1992	0.420	55.1	—	16	5.90	87	—	105	0.1	77.0	—	—
1993	0.426	55.6	—	16	5.80	87	31	102	0.1	76.8	—	—
1994	0.434	55.8	—	17	5.60	86	26	99	0.1	76.6	—	—
1995	0.437	56.3	—	17	5.36	86	25	97	0.1	76.4	—	—
1996	0.449	56.8	—	18	5.15	85	31	94	0.1	76.2	—	—
1997	0.455	57.3	—	19	4.96	85	34	91	0.1	76.0	—	—
1998	0.462	57.5	0	20	4.79	87	37	88	0.1	75.9	—	—
1999	0.469	57.9	0	21	4.64	87	40	85	0.1	75.7	—	—
2000	0.473	58.3	0	22	4.43	82	43	82	0.2	75.5	—	—
2001	0.480	58.9	0	23	4.29	81	45	79	0.2	75.3	—	—
2002	0.489	59.3	0	25	4.13	80	46	76	0.2	75.1	—	—
2003	0.498	59.6	0	26	4.02	79	48	73	0.2	74.9	—	—
2004	0.506	60.1	0	27	3.90	74	54	70	0.2	74.7	—	—
2005	0.516	60.7	1	27	3.69	74	57	66	0.2	74.5	—	—
2006	0.517	61.1	1	28	3.56	70	57	63	0.3	74.2	579	2777
2007	0.531	61.7	2	29	3.44	71	55	60	0.3	74.0	697	3021
2008	0.539	62.3	4	29	3.33	69	66	57	0.3	73.8	886	3271
2009	0.549	63.0	6	30	3.23	66	67	54	0.4	73.6	935	3485
2010	0.557	63.7	7	31	3.14	65	70	51	0.5	73.4	1126	3772
2011	0.569	64.5	9	31	3.05	64	70	49	0.5	73.3	1362	4100
2012	0.578	65.1	11	32	2.95	62	76	46	0.5	73.1	1564	4781
2013	0.587	65.7	13	32	2.87	59	79	44	0.6	73.0	1813	5222
2014	0.597	66.3	14	33	2.80	58	83	42	0.7	72.8	1981	5799
2015	0.604	66.7	18	33	2.80	53	90	40	1.3	72.7	2121	6086
2016	0.610	67.0	22	34	2.74	52	89	38	2.3	72.5	2303	6743
2017	0.612	67.3	26	35	2.69	51	94	36	2.7	72.3	2432	7142
2018	0.613	67.6	36	35	2.63	50	93	35	2.8	72.2	2545	7487
2019	0.617	67.9	47	36	2.59	51	98	33	2.7	72.0	2589	7743
2020	0.616	68.3	54	37	2.54	51	99	32	2.6	71.9	2584	7913
2021	0.615	67.8	62	37	2.49	52	100	31	3.2	71.8	2526	8080
2022	0.620	68.7	65	38	2.46	49	100	29	3.2	71.6	2046	8765
2023	—	69.0	64	39	2.42	—	97	28	3.4	71.5	2067	9299
2024	—	69.2	66	40	2.40	—	97	27	3.4	—	2124	9790
2025	—	—	—	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	2325	10383
Profile shows	0.620	69.2	66	40	2.40	49	—	—	3.4	71.5	2325	10383

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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