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The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Lao PDR's gdp annual growth rate stands at 4.54% as of 2025-12-31, up from 4.13% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1985 to 2025 (41 observations).
In 2025, Lao PDR's gdp annual growth rate was 4.54%, up from 4.13% in 2024.
In 2024, Lao PDR's gdp annual growth rate was 4.13%, up from 3.75% in 2023.
In 2023, Lao PDR's gdp annual growth rate was 3.75%, up from 2.71% in 2022.
In 2022, Lao PDR's gdp annual growth rate was 2.71%, up from 2.53% in 2021.
In 2021, Lao PDR's gdp annual growth rate was 2.53%, up from 0.503% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.54% | +0.4074% |
| 2024 | 4.13% | +0.3845% |
| 2023 | 3.75% | +1.04% |
| 2022 | 2.71% | +0.1791% |
| 2021 | 2.53% | +2.03% |
| 2020 | 0.503% | -4.95% |
| 2019 | 5.46% | -0.7902% |
| 2018 | 6.25% | -0.6446% |
| 2017 | 6.89% | -0.1303% |
| 2016 | 7.02% | -0.2472% |
| 2015 | 7.27% | -0.3419% |
| 2014 | 7.61% | -0.4143% |
| 2013 | 8.03% | +0.0002% |
| 2012 | 8.03% | -0.0126% |
| 2011 | 8.04% | -0.4883% |
| 2010 | 8.53% | +1.03% |
| 2009 | 7.5% | -0.3231% |
| 2008 | 7.82% | +0.2281% |
| 2007 | 7.6% | -1.02% |
| 2006 | 8.62% | +1.51% |
| 2005 | 7.11% | +0.7499% |
| 2004 | 6.36% | +0.2907% |
| 2003 | 6.07% | +0.1483% |
| 2002 | 5.92% | +0.1673% |
| 2001 | 5.75% | -0.0474% |
| 2000 | 5.8% | -1.51% |
| 1999 | 7.31% | +3.34% |
| 1998 | 3.97% | -2.9% |
| 1997 | 6.87% | -0.0562% |
| 1996 | 6.93% | -0.1029% |
| 1995 | 7.03% | -1.13% |
| 1994 | 8.16% | +2.25% |
| 1993 | 5.91% | +0.3527% |
| 1992 | 5.56% | +1.26% |
| 1991 | 4.3% | -2.41% |
| 1990 | 6.7% | -7.49% |
| 1989 | 14.19% | +16.2% |
| 1988 | -2.01% | -0.5844% |
| 1987 | -1.43% | -6.31% |
| 1986 | 4.89% | -0.1848% |
| 1985 | 5.07% | — |
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Lao PDR's gdp annual growth rate is 4.54% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 4.13% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 14.19% (1989); the lowest is -2.01% (1988), across data from 1985 to 2025.
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